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CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:SPAN...................................................................................................673
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:STARt.................................................................................................. 674
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:STATe.................................................................................................. 674
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:STIMulus............................................................................................. 675
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:STOP...................................................................................................675
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:WINDow.............................................................................................. 675
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME:XAXis...................................................................................................676
CALCulate<Chn>:TRANsform:TIME[:TYPE].................................................................................................669
CALibration:RESult?......................................................................................................................................545
CALibration[:ALL]...........................................................................................................................................544
CONFigure:CHANnel:CATalog?.................................................................................................................... 729
CONFigure:CHANnel:MEASure:ALL[:STATe]................................................................................................730
CONFigure:CHANnel<Ch>:MEASure[:STATe].............................................................................................. 731
CONFigure:CHANnel<Ch>:NAME.................................................................................................................731
CONFigure:CHANnel<Ch>:NAME:ID?..........................................................................................................731
CONFigure:CHANnel<Ch>:TRACe:CATalog?...............................................................................................732
CONFigure:CHANnel<Ch>:TRACe:REName................................................................................................732
CONFigure:CHANnel<Ch>[:STATe]...............................................................................................................730
CONFigure:TRACe:CATalog?........................................................................................................................733
CONFigure:TRACe:WINDow:TRACe?..........................................................................................................734
CONFigure:TRACe:WINDow?.......................................................................................................................733
CONFigure:TRACe<Trc>:CHANnel:NAME:ID?.............................................................................................734
CONFigure:TRACe<Trc>:CHANnel:NAME?................................................................................................. 734
CONFigure:TRACe<Trc>:NAME................................................................................................................... 735
CONFigure:TRACe<Trc>:NAME:ID?.............................................................................................................735
CONFigure:TRACe<Trc>:REName............................................................................................................... 735
CONTrol:AUXiliary:C[:DATA]......................................................................................................................... 736
DIAGnostic:DUMP:SIZE................................................................................................................................ 738
DIAGnostic:SERVice:BIOSinfo?.................................................................................................................... 557
DIAGnostic:SERVice:FUNCtion.....................................................................................................................922
DIAGnostic:SERVice:HWINfo?......................................................................................................................557
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut:MC:CFRequency...............................................................................................545
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut:MC[:DISTance].................................................................................................. 545
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut:PULSed:CFRequency....................................................................................... 545
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut:PULSed:MCFRequency.................................................................................... 546
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut:PULSed:WBFRequency....................................................................................546
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut:RF[:SPECtrum]..................................................................................................546
DIAGnostic:SERVice:INPut[:SELect].............................................................................................................547
DIAGnostic:SERVice:RFPower..................................................................................................................... 738
DIAGnostic:SERVice:SFUNction................................................................................................................... 560
DIAGnostic:SERVice:SFUNction:LASTresult?.............................................................................................. 560
DIAGnostic:SERVice:SFUNction:RESults:DELete........................................................................................ 560
DIAGnostic:SERVice:SFUNction:RESults:SAVE...........................................................................................560
DIAGnostic:SERVice:SINFo?........................................................................................................................ 560
DIAGnostic:SERVice:STESt:RESult?............................................................................................................547
DIAGnostic:SERVice:VERSinfo?...................................................................................................................557
DISPlay:ANNotation:CBAR............................................................................................................................548
DISPlay:ANNotation:CHANnel[:STATe]......................................................................................................... 755
DISPlay:ANNotation:FREQuency..................................................................................................................549
DISPlay:ANNotation:FREQuency[:STATe].....................................................................................................755

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Summary of Contents for 1323.0012.03

Page 1: ...R S ZNL ZNLE Vector Network Analyzers User Manual User Manual Version 07 1178596602 2 www allice de Allice Messtechnik GmbH...

Page 2: ...3 0012 56 2019 Rohde Schwarz GmbH Co KG M hldorfstr 15 81671 M nchen Germany Phone 49 89 41 29 0 Fax 49 89 41 29 12 164 Email info rohde schwarz com Internet www rohde schwarz com Subject to change Da...

Page 3: ...s and Brochures 15 3 7 Release Notes and Open Source Acknowledgment OSA 15 3 8 Application Notes Application Cards White Papers etc 16 3 9 Calibration Certificate 16 4 Release Notes for Firmware V1 30...

Page 4: ...5 4 6 Remote Control 87 6 Operating Modes Applications Channel Setups and Result Dis plays 89 6 1 Available Applications 90 6 2 R S MultiView 91 6 3 Defining Channel Setups 92 6 4 Running a Sequence...

Page 5: ...sic Concepts 189 8 1 1 Global Persistent Settings 189 8 1 2 Channel Setups 190 8 1 3 Traces Channels and Diagrams 190 8 1 4 Sweep Control 192 8 2 VNA Screen Elements 195 8 2 1 Display Elements of a VN...

Page 6: ...281 8 7 3 Spectrum Analysis Function 283 8 7 4 Additional Removable System Drive 283 8 7 5 Extended Power Range 284 8 7 6 Receiver Step Attenuators 284 8 7 7 Lower Start Frequency for R S ZNLE 284 8 7...

Page 7: ...b 334 9 6 5 Time Domain Tab 335 9 6 6 Time Gate Tab 340 9 6 7 Distance to Fault Tab 342 9 6 8 Trace Statistics Tab 349 9 6 9 Infinite Averaging Tab 353 9 6 10 Smooth Shift Hold Tab 354 9 6 11 Trace Da...

Page 8: ...11 2 Multiple Peak Tab 429 9 11 3 Target Search Tab 431 9 11 4 Bandfilter Tab 433 9 12 Cal Softtool 437 9 12 1 Create a User Calibration 438 9 12 2 Manage Calibration Devices 453 9 12 3 Manage User C...

Page 9: ...ool 566 10 4 4 Status Reporting System 567 10 5 VNA Command Reference 580 10 5 1 Special Terms and Notation 581 10 5 2 SCPI Command Reference 582 10 5 3 R S ZVR ZVABT Compatible Commands 914 10 6 VNA...

Page 10: ...10 User Manual 1178 5966 02 07 12 4 Maintenance 977 12 4 1 Cleaning 978 12 4 2 Storing and Packing the Instrument 978 Glossary Frequently Used Terms 979 List of Commands 985 Index 1001 www allice de A...

Page 11: ...ayed in blue font References References to other parts of the documentation are enclosed by quota tion marks 1 1 2 Conventions for Procedure Descriptions When operating the instrument several alternat...

Page 12: ...ay not represent realistic usage scenarios The screenshots usually show a fully equipped product that is with all options instal led Thus some functions shown in the screenshots may not be available i...

Page 13: ...n ments Use the R S ZNL ZNLE only for its designated purpose Observe the operating conditions and performance limits stated in the data sheet Where do I find safety information Safety information is p...

Page 14: ...trol a complete description of the remote control com mands with programming examples and information on maintenance instrument interfaces and error messages Includes the contents of the getting start...

Page 15: ...cal specifications of the R S ZNL ZNLE It also lists the firmware applications and their order numbers and optional accessories The brochure provides an overview of the instrument and deals with the s...

Page 16: ...ackground information on particu lar topics See www rohde schwarz com application ZNL or www rohde schwarz com application ZNLE 3 9 Calibration Certificate The document is available on https gloris ro...

Page 17: ...re and VNA Server version select SETUP System Config Versions Options 4 2 Changes in Firmware V1 30 New Functionality Spectrum analysis up to 6 GHz with hardware option R S ZNL6 B1 100 kHz start frequ...

Page 18: ...connection line is not shown if fstop n fstart n 1 Ports sets for offset de embedding the port set number is now indicated in the Port Set selection combo boxes Fixture Compensation calculation now u...

Page 19: ...led and no password was set Memory leak in firmware application recoverable via Preset RST Peak search did not find minima below 100 dBm Spectrum analysis changes R S ZNL only The spectrum analysis fu...

Page 20: ...he safety instructions in the following sections In particular Do not open the instrument casing Risk of instrument damage due to inappropriate operating conditions Specific operating conditions are r...

Page 21: ...ent results To suppress generated electromagnetic interference EMI Use suitable shielded cables of high quality For example use double shielded RF and LAN cables Always terminate open cable ends Note...

Page 22: ...strument to prevent any movement and other mechanical effects dur ing transportation The carrying handles are designed to lift or carry the instrument Do not apply exces sive external force to the han...

Page 23: ...th The feet can break if they are overloaded The overall load on the folded out feet must not exceed 200 N Fmax Risk of injury when stacking instruments insecurely Never stack instruments on top of ea...

Page 24: ...instrument without removing it from the bag With the help of the optional vest holster you can carry the R S ZNL in its bag and keep your hands free Together with the optional battery pack see Chapte...

Page 25: ...e AC power supply connector Only use fuses of the type 5A T IEC60127 2 V order no 0099 6735 00 Such fuses are used for all of the specified nominal AC supply voltages To change the AC supply fuses 1 D...

Page 26: ...battery pack if the option R S FPL1 B31 is installed If the battery pack is instal led and neither DC nor AC power is supplied the R S ZNL automatically switches to battery operation during operation...

Page 27: ...ery packs can also be charged using the external battery charger option R S FSV B34 5 1 1 8 Switching the Instrument On and Off Switching on the instrument 1 Press the AC power switch on the rear pane...

Page 28: ...strument contains the Windows operating system which has been configured according to the instrument s features and needs Changes in the system setup are only required when peripherals like keyboard o...

Page 29: ...e and associated update server Instruments using Windows especially those that con nect to a network should be updated regularly For details and recommendations see the following Rohde Schwarz white p...

Page 30: ...in is active the login window is not displayed However you can also switch the user account to be used when the automatic login function is active 1 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access th...

Page 31: ...ogin function 1 Log in to the R S ZNL ZNLE operating system using an administrator account see Switching users when using the automatic login function on page 30 2 Select the Windows icon in the toolb...

Page 32: ...use to simplify the entry of data comments filenames etc Printer for printing measurement results Power sensors e g of the NRPxx family Installing USB devices is easy under Windows because all USB dev...

Page 33: ...on the external keyboard 2 Select Start Settings Devices Mouse touchpad Connecting a printer When printing a file the instrument checks whether a printer is connected and turned on and whether the ap...

Page 34: ...nt s resolution the application window uses an area of 1280x800 pix els on the monitor display For full screen display adjust the monitor s screen resolu tion The R S ZNL ZNLE supports a minimum resol...

Page 35: ...tablet and select Tablet PC Settings 4 In the Tablet PC Settings dialog select Setup Enter the administrator pass word to proceed Observe the message Touch this screen to identify it as the touchscre...

Page 36: ...tion on the LXI interface refer to Chapter 7 4 4 4 LXI Settings on page 165 5 1 5 1 Connecting the Instrument to the Network There are two methods to establish a LAN connection to the instrument A non...

Page 37: ...ed in different ways If the network supports dynamic TCP IP configuration using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP all address information can be assigned automati cally If the network does...

Page 38: ...r example 192 0 2 0 The IP address consists of four number blocks separated by dots Every block contains a maximum of 3 numbers 6 Enter the Subnet Mask for example 255 255 255 0 The subnet mask consis...

Page 39: ...R S ZNL ZNLE 39 User Manual 1178 5966 02 07 4 In the Ethernet Status dialog box select the Properties button The items used by the LAN connection are displayed Preparing for Use www allice de Allice M...

Page 40: ...es a DNS server Domain Name System server each PC or instru ment connected in the LAN can be accessed via an unambiguous computer name instead of the IP address The DNS server translates the host name...

Page 41: ...on your instrument Rohde Schwarz instruments are shipped with the Windows firewall enabled and preconfigured in such a way that all ports and connections for remote control are enabled For more detail...

Page 42: ...e internal real time clock as follows Opening the Date and Time Properties dialog box 1 Press the SETUP key 2 Press the Display softkey 3 Select the General tab in the Display dialog box 4 Press the S...

Page 43: ...nces Solvents can damage the front panel labeling plastic parts or screens for example Never use cleaning agents to clean the outside of the instrument Use a soft dry lint free dust cloth instead 5 2...

Page 44: ...reen that is touch sensitive that is the firmware reacts in a speci fied way when you move your fingers on the screen Using touchscreen gestures you can perform the following tasks among others See Ch...

Page 45: ...sic settings and pro vide print and display functions A detailed description of the corresponding functions is provided in the User Manual Table 5 1 System keys System key Assigned functions Preset Re...

Page 46: ...he input impe dance Mkr Defines and positions absolute and relative measurement markers markers and delta markers Selects special marker functions Mkr Used for search functions of the measurement mark...

Page 47: ...ntinuous Sweep Mode 5 2 1 6 Keypad The keypad is used to enter numeric parameters including the corresponding units It contains the following keys Table 5 3 Keys on the keypad Type of key Description...

Page 48: ...tary knob has several functions For numeric entries increments clockwise direction or decrements counter clockwise direction the instrument parameter at a defined step width In lists toggles between e...

Page 49: ...asurement on page 62 With 2 test ports it is possible to perform full two port measurements see Chap ter 8 3 1 S Parameters on page 217 Maximum input levels The maximum input levels at all test ports...

Page 50: ...1 5 7 12 Figure 5 3 Rear panel view R S ZNL 1 2 Removable rechargeable Li Ion Battery Packs 3 DC power supply 4 AC Power Supply Connection and Main Power Switch with fuse 5 GPIB IEC 625 interface 6 Re...

Page 51: ...R S FPL1 B31 the R S ZNL can be operated independently of an AC or DC power supply The instrument can house 2 Li Ion battery packs which can be charged both via AC or DC power supply The DC power supp...

Page 52: ...in operation Position O The entire instrument is disconnected from the AC power supply For details refer to Chapter 5 1 1 4 Connecting the AC Power on page 24 5 2 2 3 GPIB Interface The optional GPIB...

Page 53: ...ails see Chapter 5 1 4 Connecting an External Monitor on page 34 5 2 2 7 LAN The LAN interface can be used to connect the R S ZNL ZNLE to a local network for remote control printouts or data transfer...

Page 54: ...The female BNC connector can be used for various outputs in the Spectrum applica tion Intermediate frequency IF output of approximately 20 MHz Video output 1V Which output is provided is defined in th...

Page 55: ...nt types switching between both modes can interrupt the signal from the output connector For details see the R S ZNL ZNLE Spectrum Mode User Manual 5 2 2 13 Noise Source Control The Noise Source Contr...

Page 56: ...rameter Wizard accessible via Meas S Params S Param Wiz ard to measure S parameters in a straightforward way The wizard provides a series of dialogs where you can select the test setup screen configur...

Page 57: ...on Measurements To prepare a transmission measurement you have to connect your DUT which for simplicity we assume to have appropriate connectors in between a pair of analyzer test ports It is recommen...

Page 58: ...efault the sweep range is set to the frequency range of the analyzer which can be unsuitable for your DUT The following procedure shows you how to configure a smaller sweep range 1 Select Freq and set...

Page 59: ...rt connector type and gender With a single Through it is possible to perform a transmission normalization compen sating for a frequency dependent attenuation and phase shift in the signal paths Due to...

Page 60: ...it for now The analyzer performs a calibration sweep for the measured quantity S21 The magnitude and phase of the result is displayed in two diagrams together with the expected typical result for a Th...

Page 61: ...e sweep range A marker symbol triangle appears on the trace a marker info field in the upper right corner of the diagram The marker info field displays the stimulus value frequency and response value...

Page 62: ...ending on what you want to learn from the data Only one analyzer test port is required for reflection measure ments In principle a reflection measurement involves the same steps as a transmission mea...

Page 63: ...S11 in a Smith chart to obtain the complex input impedance at port 1 5 3 2 Zooming into the Display To analyze the areas around the peak levels in more detail we will zoom into a peak 1 Tap the Multi...

Page 64: ...gs to a file 1 Tap the Save icon in the toolbar 2 Press the keyboard key on the front panel to display the online keyboard as you will have to enter text in the next step 3 In the Save dialog box tap...

Page 65: ...settings file 1 Press the PRESET button to restore the default instrument settings so you can check that the stored user settings are actually restored afterwards 2 Tap the Load icon in the toolbar 3...

Page 66: ...4 Tap the Export Trace to ASCII File button 5 Enter the file name MyMultiViewResults The trace data is stored to MyMultiViewResults DAT To create a screenshot of the display 1 Tap the Print immediatel...

Page 67: ...ional Spectrum mode is installed To activate additional channel setups 1 Press the Mode key on the front panel 2 On the New Channel Setup tab of the Mode dialog box tap the VNA button 3 Change the fre...

Page 68: ...e the SmartGrid mode The IQ Analyzer channel setup displays the real and imaginary signal parts in separate windows To display the MultiView tab An overview of all active channel setups is provided in...

Page 69: ...Analysis option for the R S ZNLE is not available Measuring a Basic Signal 69 Displaying a Spectrogram 71 Setting and Moving a Marker 73 Displaying a Marker Peak List 74 5 3 6 1 Measuring a Basic Sign...

Page 70: ...time after switching it on A mes sage in the status bar Instrument warming up indicates that the operating temper ature has not yet been reached Wait until this message is no longer displayed before y...

Page 71: ...vel versus frequency spectrum display the R S ZNL ZNLE also provides a spectrogram display of the measured data A spectrogram shows how the spectral density of a signal varies over time The x axis sho...

Page 72: ...nal window instead Figure 5 13 Adding a Spectrogram to the display Drop the icon 4 Close the SmartGrid mode by tapping the Close icon at the top right corner of the toolbar You see the spectrogram com...

Page 73: ...um window frequency sweep with spectrogram display to return to the Spectrum channel setup 2 Tap the spectrum display to set the focus on that window 3 Double tap the spectrum window to maximize it as...

Page 74: ...equencies and levels of peaks in the spectrum automatically We will display a marker peak list for the Spectrum 2 channel setup 1 Tap the Spectrum 2 tab 2 Press the RUN SINGLE key on the front panel t...

Page 75: ...he peak list The marker peak list displays the determined peaks that are above the defined threshold Figure 5 15 Marker Peak List 5 3 7 Performing Sequential Measurements Although only one measurement...

Page 76: ...opriate tools or excessive force can damage the touchscreen Observe the following instructions when operating the touchscreen Never touch the screen with ball point pens or other sharp objects use you...

Page 77: ...gure shows a measurement diagram in VNA mode All different infor mation areas are labeled They are explained in more detail in the following sections 1 2 3 1 Window title bar with measurement specific...

Page 78: ...all other keys that correspond to an external keyboard e g arrow keys ENTER key operate as specified by Microsoft For most tasks there are at least 2 alternative methods to perform them Using the tou...

Page 79: ...ront panel or via context menu items Figure 5 17 Scale softtool The softtools are displayed in the softkey bar of the instrument The title area of the softkey bar displays the name of the currently op...

Page 80: ...hich contains the same functions as the corresponding softkey This is useful for example when the softkey display is hidden 5 4 2 4 On screen Keyboard The on screen keyboard is an additional means of...

Page 81: ...Thus you can see the effects that the changes you make to the settings have on the results immediately To change the transparency select the transparency icon at the top of the dialog box A slider is...

Page 82: ...E key The entry to the left of the cursor is deleted 3 Enter your correction Completing the entry Press the ENTER key or the rotary knob Aborting the entry Press the ESC key The dialog box is closed w...

Page 83: ...out of view Figure 5 19 Dragging Pinching and spreading two fingers Move two fingers together on the display pinch or move two fingers apart on the dis play spread When you pinch two fingers in the di...

Page 84: ...tion of mouse and touch actions Mouse operation Touch operation Click Tap Double click Double tap Click and hold Touch and hold Right click Touch hold for 1 second and release Drag drop click and hold...

Page 85: ...setting in an opened dialog box select the Help icon on the toolbar The Help dialog box View tab is displayed A topic containing information about the focused screen element is displayed If no contex...

Page 86: ...played 4 Double tap the suitable index entry The View tab with the corresponding help topic is displayed To search topics for a text string 1 Switch to the Search tab 2 Select the Keyboard icon beside...

Page 87: ...the simplicity and familiarity of GPIB The LXI browser interface allows for easy configuration of the LAN and remote control of the R S ZNL ZNLE without addi tional installation requirements Via the...

Page 88: ...remote commands to control and operate the instrument You can configure the GPIB address and the ID response string The GPIB language is set as SCPI by default but can be changed to emulate other inst...

Page 89: ...lication due to the separate hardware In particular if you run a sequence of measurements including both measurement types switching between both modes can interrupt the signal from the output connect...

Page 90: ...lication the provided functions correspond to those of a conventional vector network analyzer Remote command INST SEL VNA see INSTrument SELect on page 514 Spectrum In the Spectrum application the pro...

Page 91: ...details see the Analog Demodulation Mode User Manual Remote command INST SEL ADEM see INSTrument SELect on page 514 Noise Figure The Noise Figure application provides noise figure measurements The Noi...

Page 92: ...02 07 6 3 Defining Channel Setups Access MODE For a R S ZNL with spectrum analysis option B1 the startup preset channel setup is determined by the Preset Mode Factory default is VNA For the R S ZNLE...

Page 93: ...3 New Channel Setup 93 Replace Current Channel Setup 94 Duplicate Current Channel Setup 94 Closing a channel setup 94 Defining a channel setup To start a new channel setup or replace an existing one s...

Page 94: ...annel setup extended by a consecu tive number e g Spectrum Spectrum 2 Remote command INSTrument CREate DUPLicate on page 511 Closing a channel setup To close a channel setup simply close the correspon...

Page 95: ...ntly displayed tab Sequencer modes Three different Sequencer modes are available Single Sequence Similar to single sweep mode each measurement is performed once until all mea surements in all defined...

Page 96: ...er IQ Analyzer Single Sweep 7 For Single Sequence the following sweeps will be performed 2 x VNA 5x Spectrum 6x Spectrum 2 7x IQ Analyzer For Continuous Sequence the following sweeps will be performed...

Page 97: ...er Mode 97 Sequencer State Activates or deactivates the Sequencer If activated sequential operation according to the selected Sequencer mode is started immediately Remote command SYSTem SEQuencer on p...

Page 98: ...re per formed one after the other in the order of the tabs until the Sequencer is stopped The result displays in the individual channel setups are updated as the measure ments are performed To stop th...

Page 99: ...f the screen You can hide the toolbar display e g when using remote control to enlarge the display area for the measurement results Setup Display Displayed Items See Dis played Items on page 125 Windo...

Page 100: ...area Multiple zoom mode Multiple zoom areas can be defined for the same diagram Zoom off Displays the diagram in its original size SmartGrid Activates SmartGrid mode to configure the screen layout Se...

Page 101: ...111 7 2 1 Restoring the Default Instrument Configuration Preset When delivered the R S ZNL ZNLE has a default configuration You can restore this defined initial state at any time as a known starting p...

Page 102: ...in another application on the R S ZNL ZNLE and would like to restore the measurement settings applied during measurement In these cases you can store and recall instrument and measurement settings and...

Page 103: ...NL user QuickSave direc tory in files named QuickSave1 dfl to QuickSave10 dfl The storage filenames and locations cannot be changed Only the current measurement settings are stored not any additional...

Page 104: ...ve sets start a new channel setup with the stored settings Storage Type Save only Defines which type of settings are stored in the save set Instrument with all Chan nels The instrument settings for al...

Page 105: ...t settings Storage Location and Filename The data is stored on the internal flash disk or if selected on a memory stick or net work drive The operating system firmware and stored instrument settings a...

Page 106: ...elect the storage location of the file on the instrument or an external drive File name Contains the name of the data file without the path or extension File names must be compatible with the Windows...

Page 107: ...ORe n STATe on page 528 MMEMory STORe n STATe NEXT on page 528 Recall in New Channel Recall in Current Channel Restores the instrument settings as saved in the selected settings file If the settings f...

Page 108: ...ault settings are loaded Note that only instrument settings files can be selected for the startup recall function not Channel files Remote command MMEMory LOAD AUTO on page 525 Selecting Storage Locat...

Page 109: ...hanges to the settings after storing the configuration file remember to save the settings again Otherwise those settings cannot be restored and will be overwritten by the stored values when the config...

Page 110: ...ew channel setup with the saved settings will be opened 6 Select Recall The settings and selected items from the saved measurement are restored and you can repeat the measurement with the same setting...

Page 111: ...nt Screenshots of the Display 120 7 2 3 1 Print and Screenshot Settings Access Print For step by step instructions see Chapter 7 2 3 2 How to Store or Print Screenshots of the Display on page 120 Remo...

Page 112: ...ZNL ZNLE 112 User Manual 1178 5966 02 07 Print Screenshot 113 Print Multiple Windows 113 Comment 113 Print Logo 113 Print Page Count 113 Print Dialog 113 Print Date and Time 114 Data Management www al...

Page 113: ...an image file or the clipboard it is automatically changed to be a PDF file Remote command HCOPy CONTent on page 531 HCOPy PAGE WINDow n STATe on page 537 HCOPy PAGE WINDow n CHANnel STATe on page 536...

Page 114: ...nd Time Includes or removes the current date and time at the bottom of the printout Remote command HCOPy TDSTamp STATe device on page 538 Print Preview Functions Access Print The Print Preview of the...

Page 115: ...ing on the selected contents see Print Content Settings on page 111 the printout can consist of multiple pages Use these functions to scroll within the preview to see the individual pages Print Starts...

Page 116: ...User Manual 1178 5966 02 07 Destination 116 Suppress File Name Dialog 117 Printer Name 117 Print to file 117 Install Printer 117 Destination Defines the medium to which the printout is output Data Man...

Page 117: ...list Remote command HCOPy DESTination device on page 532 HCOPy DEVice LANGuage device on page 533 Suppress File Name Dialog If the Destination is a file the file selection dialog box is not displayed...

Page 118: ...ects the page orientation of the printout portrait or landscape Remote command HCOPy PAGE ORIentation device on page 536 Windows Per Page Defines how many windows are displayed on a single page of the...

Page 119: ...ze to fit Each window is scaled to fit the page size optimally not regarding the aspect ratio of the original display Remote command HCOPy PAGE WINDow n SCALe on page 537 Margins Defines margins for t...

Page 120: ...ed 2 In the Content tab define the elements of the screen and additional information to be included in the printout a Select Print Screenshot to include all elements displayed on the screen in a singl...

Page 121: ...elected channel setup to be included in the printout Tip Select the MultiView before configuring the printout to include result dis plays from any active channel setup c Optionally add a comment to be...

Page 122: ...ime simply press the Print immediate icon at the far right end of the toolbar 7 3 General Instrument Setup Access SETUP Some basic instrument settings can be configured independently of the selected o...

Page 123: ...cy If installed and if no external signal is used this signal is used as an internal reference It can also be used to synchronize other connected devices via the Ref Out 10 MHz connector This option i...

Page 124: ...een is deactivated for the entire screen Touch Diagram Off Touchscreen is deactivated for the diagram area of the screen but active for the surrounding softkeys toolbars and menus Remote command DISPl...

Page 125: ...e 550 Background Lighting Changes the brightness of the display in eight steps Remote command DISPlay BLIGhting on page 548 Displayed Items Access Setup Display Displayed Items Several elements on the...

Page 126: ...more functions can be provi ded than can be accessed directly via the function keys on the device The functions provided by the softkeys are often also available via dialog boxes How ever some functi...

Page 127: ...out the keypad and keys on the front panel of the device That is useful for exam ple when working with an external monitor or operating via remote control from a com puter To activate or deactivate th...

Page 128: ...are working from a remote PC and the front panel function is not active Remote command SYSTem DISPlay FPANel STATe on page 551 Display Theme and Colors Access Setup Display Theme Color You can config...

Page 129: ...ion Gui setting Description Remote command Optimized Colors Selects an optimized color setting for the printout to improve the visibility of the colors default setting Trace 1 is blue trace 2 black tr...

Page 130: ...een will not react to your touch actions properly The touchscreen has a screen resolution of 1280x800 pixels Most external monitors have a higher screen resolution If the screen resolution of the moni...

Page 131: ...e Userdefined Colors button to define a different color The Preview area indicates the currently selected color 5 To assign a user specific color to the selected object do one of the following Select...

Page 132: ...p key and select the Display softkey 2 Select the Displayed Items tab 3 Select Front Panel On or Mini Front Panel On To activate or deactivate the front panel temporarily press the F6 key on the exter...

Page 133: ...his information can be useful when problems occur with the instrument and you require support from Rohde Schwarz Remote command DIAGnostic SERVice HWINfo on page 557 7 3 4 2 Information on Versions an...

Page 134: ...e key For details on options refer to the Getting Started manual Checking the Supplied Items Remote commands SYSTem FORMat IDENt on page 559 DIAGnostic SERVice BIOSinfo on page 557 DIAGnostic SERVice...

Page 135: ...The messages are displayed in the order of their occurrence the most recent mes sages are placed at the top of the list Messages that have occurred since you last vis ited the system messages tab are...

Page 136: ...s for improvement come up Ask your sales repre sentative or check the Rohde Schwarz website for availability of firmware updates A firmware update package includes at least a setup file and release no...

Page 137: ...the file selection dialog box select the ZNLSetup exe file 6 Select Install to start the update 7 To start the firmware update you need to pass a Windows User Account Control dialog As a standard Win...

Page 138: ...pectrum Analyzer mode Only when the optional Spectrum application has been installed VNA Vector Network Analysis Remote command SYSTem PRESet COMPatible on page 559 Out of range value behavior By defa...

Page 139: ...e default If the Spectrum Analysis option R S ZNL3 6 B1 is not installed always the VNA mode is used SA Aux 5 V The Additional Interfaces can only be used by SA channel setups In particular the Aux Po...

Page 140: ...Create R S Support Information Creates a zip file with important support information The zip file contains the sys tem configuration information Device Footprint the current eeprom data and a screens...

Page 141: ...fective modules Once the self test is started all modules are checked consecutively and the test result is displayed You can abort a running test In case of failure a short description of the failed t...

Page 142: ...libration signal default Remote command DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect on page 547 Calibration Frequency RF Uses the internal calibration signal as the RF input signal Remote command DIAGnostic SERVi...

Page 143: ...described in the instrument service manual Service Function 143 Send 143 Clear History 143 Password 144 Clear Results 144 Save Results 144 Result list 144 Service Function Selects the service function...

Page 144: ...esult display for all previously performed service functions Remote command DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults DELete on page 560 Save Results Opens a file selection dialog box to save the results o...

Page 145: ...the VNA performs multiple calibration sweeps and applies averaging to reduce trace noise In contrast to regular averaging see Chapter 9 4 3 Average Tab on page 301 the number of calibration sweeps is...

Page 146: ...t CSETup on page 837 Delete Cal Pool Delete All Cal Kits Deletes all calibration data and all cal kit data See Chapter 9 12 3 2 Calibration Man ager Dialog on page 467 Remote command n a Search Path f...

Page 147: ...emote desktop Transparent Info Fields Show Sweep Symbols The buttons switch the instrument messages acoustic messages transparent info fields for markers and trace statistics and sweep symbols on or o...

Page 148: ...few seconds The softkey bar can be hidden using its close button or via display settings see Dis played Items on page 125 Decimal Places Defines the number of fractional digits for quantities with dif...

Page 149: ...t is explained in Chapter 8 4 2 1 Touchstone Files on page 238 logical columns are vertically aligned using spaces positive and negative numbers are vertically aligned by prefixing positive numbers wi...

Page 150: ...5 2 7 INITiate Commands on page 760 If enabled an automatic WAI is added Disabled by default Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF INIT WAIT 7 3 6 4 Power Tab The settings in this tab define how...

Page 151: ...ling Delay defines the time between Restart Sweep request and sweep start Use the Reset Delay button to adjust the Settling Delay to its default value Remote command SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt SWEepend SDE...

Page 152: ...prerequisite for remote control using the indicated interfaces See also Chapter 7 4 3 VISA Libraries on page 159 Within this interface description the term GPIB is used as a synonym for the IEC IEEE b...

Page 153: ...IP protocol INSTR indicates the instrument resource class optional port determines the used port number SOCKET indicates the raw network socket resource class Example Instrument has the IP address 192...

Page 154: ...mechanisms Usable for IPv6 or IPv4 networks Using VXI 11 each operation is blocked until a VXI 11 device handshake returns How ever using HiSLIP data is sent to the device using the fire and forget m...

Page 155: ...wser interface to the R S ZNL ZNLE you can control the instrument remotely from another PC Manual instrument controls are available via the front panel simulation File upload and download between the...

Page 156: ...ge belongs to To identify the instrument activate the Device Indicator Then check the LAN Status indicator of the instruments LAN Configuration allows you to configure LAN parameters and to initiate a...

Page 157: ...e How to Change the GPIB Instrument Address on page 176 You can set the GPIB address and the ID response string The GPIB language is set as SCPI by default and cannot be changed for the R S ZNL ZNLE N...

Page 158: ...isteners Command Effect on the instrument GET Group Execute Trigger Triggers a previously active instrument function e g a sweep The effect of the command is the same as with that of a pulse at the ex...

Page 159: ...about VISA refer to the user documentation 7 4 4 Network and Remote Control Settings Access SETUP Network Remote The remote commands required to define these settings are described in Chap ter 10 3 4...

Page 160: ...conventions of Windows apply If too many characters and or numbers are entered an error message is displayed in the status line The default instrument name is a non case sensitive string with the fol...

Page 161: ...CP On this setting is read only The subnet mask consists of four number blocks separated by dots Each block con tains 3 numbers in maximum e g 100 100 100 100 but also one or two numbers are allowed i...

Page 162: ...ess is 20 Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF ADDRess on page 553 Identification String Defines the identification string for the R S ZNL ZNLE which is provided as a response to the IDN query...

Page 163: ...the binary data block and therefore should not be interpreted as a terminator in this particular case This can be avoided by using only the receive terminator EOI Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate GPI...

Page 164: ...s R S signal and spectrum analyzers such as the FSQ FSP FSU or FSV However the default values in particular the number of sweep points or particular bandwidths may vary Therefore the R S ZNL ZNLE can...

Page 165: ...rument can be accessed via any web browser e g the Microsoft Internet Explorer to perform the following tasks modifying network configurations modifying device configurations monitoring connections fr...

Page 166: ...Computer name Name of the R S ZNL ZNLE as defined in the operating system see also Computer Name on page 160 MAC address Media Access Control address MAC address a unique identifier for the network c...

Page 167: ...ollowing parameters to a default state Parameter Value TCP IP Mode DHCP Auto IP Address Dynamic DNS Enabled ICMP Ping Enabled Password for LAN configuration LxiWebIfc The LAN settings are configured i...

Page 168: ...ed To clear the message buffer use the Clear Error List button It is automatically cleared when the R S ZNL ZNLE is shut down The following information is available No Device specific error code Error...

Page 169: ...pressing the LOCAL softkey the synchronization mechanism via OPC OPC or WAI is active the currently running measurement procedure is aborted and synchronization is achieved by setting the correspondin...

Page 170: ...on requirement is central monitoring of the T M instruments for remote maintenance and remote diagnostics Equipped with the Remote Desktop software of Windows the R S ZNL ZNLE ideally meets require me...

Page 171: ...er is still performed using the TCP IP protocol An IP address has to be assigned to the instrument and the computer see How to Assign the IP Address on page 171 Note As the R S ZNL ZNLE uses a 1 GBit...

Page 172: ...he previously set IP address and subnet mask are retrieved If DHCP is On the IP address of the DHCP server is obtained automatically The configuration is saved and you are prompted to restart the inst...

Page 173: ...g box select the Properties button The items used by the LAN connection are displayed 6 Tap the entry named Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 to highlight it 7 Select the Properties button 8 On the...

Page 174: ...ompliant brows ers In the web browser open the http instrument hostname or http instrument ip address page e g http 10 113 10 203 The default password to change LAN configurations is LxiWebIfc The Ins...

Page 175: ...eld controls how the IP address for the instrument gets assigned see also How to Assign the IP Address on page 171 For the manual configuration mode the static IP address subnet mask and default gatew...

Page 176: ...Instrument Address In order to operate the instrument via remote control it must be addressed using the GPIB address The remote control address is factory set to 20 but it can be changed if it does no...

Page 177: ...trument Setup on page 122 to find out which func tions are affected At the same time you log on to the operating system you are automatically logged on to the network As a prerequisite the user name a...

Page 178: ...figured to automatically log on under Win dows To deactivate the automatic login mechanism perform the following steps 1 In the Start menu select Run The Run dialog box is displayed 2 Enter the comman...

Page 179: ...allation Most instrument controls are available via the front panel simulation File upload and download between the instrument and the remote PC is also available To access the R S ZNL ZNLE via the we...

Page 180: ...opy a file b Under File to Upload select Browse to open a file selection dialog box and select the required file on the PC c Select Upload to copy the file from the PC to the defined folder on the R S...

Page 181: ...instrument screen contents are displayed on the remote com puter and Remote Desktop provides access to all of the applications files and net work resources of the instrument Thus remote operation of...

Page 182: ...not suitable for remote operation of the R S ZNL ZNLE via Remote Desktop 2 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access the operating system 3 In the Windows Start menu select Settings System 4 Se...

Page 183: ...d on 1 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access the operating system 2 From the Start menu select All Programs Accessories Remote Desktop Connection The Remote Desktop Connection dialog box is...

Page 184: ...om the controller to the R S ZNL ZNLE select More then enable the Drives option Windows will then map drives of the controller to the corresponding network drives 9 To use printers connected to the co...

Page 185: ...a standard user In the Password field enter 894129 3 To save the connection configuration for later use a Select the Save As button The Save As dialog box is displayed b Enter the name for the connect...

Page 186: ...ndow The Windows Start menu can be made available by expanding the Remote Desktop window to full size During the connection with the controller the login entry is displayed on the R S ZNL ZNLE screen...

Page 187: ...command GTR Go to Remote from a controller to the instru ment The instrument is switched to remote control remote state Operation via the front panel is disabled Only the Local softkey is displayed to...

Page 188: ...7 4 5 9 How to Return to Manual Operation Before you switch back to manual operation all remote command processing must be completed Otherwise the instrument will switch back to remote control immedia...

Page 189: ...tings of the current measurement session comprising one or more channel setups can be saved to an instrument settings file dfl and later recalled A channel setup comprises a set of diagrams together w...

Page 190: ...ores the measured data in traces which are assigned to channels and displayed in diagrams To understand the functions of the instrument and quickly find the appropriate settings it is important to und...

Page 191: ...e settings can be accessed via the function keys Meas Format Scale Trace Line Mkr and Mkr They complement the Channel Settings Each trace is assigned to a channel The channel settings apply to all tra...

Page 192: ...lus values and the display colors of all traces The active channel is highlighted Channels with no traces are not indicated in the diagrams but can be accessed via the Channel Manager dialog In manual...

Page 193: ...measurement See also Chapter 8 3 1 S Parameters on page 217 For a complete two port S parameter measurement e g S11 S21 S12 S22 the analyzer needs to interchange the roles of the source and receive p...

Page 194: ...each of them requires n partial measurements Triggered Meas Sequence Alternate On Alternate Off Sweep Trigger event starts n partial sweeps over all sweep points Trigger event starts m complete measur...

Page 195: ...The Freq and Span function keys define the fixed stimulus frequency CW Fre quency and the total sweep time Stop Time of the measurement The other sweep parameters e g the Number of Points are set via...

Page 196: ...this section have been taken from Cartesian diagrams All other dia gram types provide the same display elements 8 2 1 1 Title An optional title across the top of the diagram can be used for a brief d...

Page 197: ...ontinuously updated as the measurement goes on Data traces are dynamic traces Memory traces are generated by storing the data trace to the memory They repre sent the state of the data trace at the mom...

Page 198: ...enu of the format section to change the format of the related trace The next sections show the value of the vertical or radial diagram divisions Scale Div and the reference value Ref The channel secti...

Page 199: ...marker A special set of markers M1 to M4 is provided for bandfilter search mode The most common tasks to be performed with markers can be achieved using the Marker menu functions Determine the coordin...

Page 200: ...t corner The info field contains the following information M1 M2 denote the marker numbers Markers are displayed with the same color as the associated trace The marker coordinates are expressed in one...

Page 201: ...er 8 2 3 3 Measured Quantities and Trace Formats on page 216 Essentially a marker format is simply a conversion between points on a complex val ued trace the raw measurement data and the respective ta...

Page 202: ...B For X 0 we have an inductance L X for X 0 we have a capaci tance C 1 X where denotes the stimulus frequency Marker Coupling It connects the markers of a set of traces Marker coupling allows you to c...

Page 203: ...arch The search result is displayed in the marker info field If no search result can be found the marker remains at its original position Some search functions can be activated repeatedly to find all...

Page 204: ...ere the trace value is equal to the maximum minimum value minus plus n dB Upper Edge is the closest frequency above the maximum or minimum where the trace value is equal to the maximum minimum value m...

Page 205: ...e channel The colors are different so the number of colors is equal to the numbers of traces assigned to the channel The values behind the color legend show the power of the internal signal source and...

Page 206: ...u is assigned to the channel name section in the channel list The functions of the context menu can also be called from the related softtool panels Use whatever method is most convenient 8 2 2 Dialogs...

Page 207: ...are added or removed In most dialogs however it is possible to cancel an erroneous input before it takes effect The settings in such dialogs must be confirmed explicitly The two types of dialogs are...

Page 208: ...cal kit data limit lines sweep segment lists Depending on the context the dialog is displayed with different caption default direc tory Traces in the above screenshot and file types Context specific...

Page 209: ...se can be calculated from the measured quantity at the related stimulus value but it can also be the result of some mathematical transforma tion of the original unformatted trace Diagram Representatio...

Page 210: ...available for the R S ZNLE The following table shows how real response values are calculated from complex measurement values z x j y where x y z are functions of the sweep variable The formulas also h...

Page 211: ...ted as a polygonal chain in the complex plane The stimulus axis is not visible However the stimulus value for a given trace point can be displayed using a marker The difference between the different c...

Page 212: ...is one its phase is zero The magnitude of the reflection coefficient of a short circuit Z 0 U 0 is one its phase is 180 deg Smith For Smith traces the response values are interpreted as reflection coe...

Page 213: ...ry impedance Points outside the outer circle indicate an active component The upper and lower half of the diagram correspond to positive inductive and negative capacitive reactive components of the im...

Page 214: ...points in the Smith chart The magnitude of the reflection coefficient of an open circuit Z infinity I 0 is one its phase is zero The magnitude of the reflection coefficient of a short circuit Z 0 U 0...

Page 215: ...o open The outer circle corresponds to zero conductance purely imaginary admittance Points outside the outer circle indicate an active component The upper and lower half of the diagram correspond to n...

Page 216: ...nce also belong to circles intersecting at Y infinity short circuit point 1 0 centered on a straight vertical line Examples for special points in the inverted Smith chart The magnitude of the reflecti...

Page 217: ...ces ON default dB Mag ON default ON default for wave quantities Phase ON ON Real ON ON ON Imag ON ON Unwrapped Phase ON ON Smith ON reflection coefficients Sii Polar ON Inverted Smith ON reflection co...

Page 218: ...erpreted as follows S11 is the reflection coefficient of DUT port 1 i e the ratio between outgoing wave b1 and incident wave a1 in a forward measurement with matched DUT port 2 S11 b1 a1 if a1 0 and a...

Page 219: ...Impedances The converted impedance parameters describe the input impedances of a DUT with fully matched outputs In the figures below the indices i and j number the analyzer DUT ports Z0i is the refer...

Page 220: ...nt measurement from the Smith chart Shunt thru Measurements The shunt thru method is used for measuring very low impedances A typical applica tion are measurements on power distribution network PDN co...

Page 221: ...h open output I2 0 Z21 is the forward transfer impedance defined as the ratio of the voltage V2 to the current I1 forward measurement with open output I2 0 Z12 is the reverse transfer impedance define...

Page 222: ...Relation with S parameters The converted admittances Yii are calculated from the reflection S parameters Sii according to ii ii ii i ii Z S S Z Y 1 1 1 1 0 The transmission parameters are calculated a...

Page 223: ...tput admittance defined as the ratio of the current I2 to the voltage V2 measured at port 2 reverse measurement with input terminated in a short circuit V1 0 Y parameters can be easily extended to des...

Page 224: ...any combination of transmitted or received wave amplitudes Ratios complement the S parameter measurements where only ratios of the form bi aj ratios between outgoing and incoming waves at the DUT por...

Page 225: ...ogical port The balanced port of the DUT is directly connected to the analyzer ports For a two port analyzer a single balanced port can be defined VNA 1 2 Physical VNA ports Common mode Differential m...

Page 226: ...S parame ters impedances and admittances for balanced measurements The analyzer can measure mixed mode parameters once a balanced port configuration is selected Mixed mode parameters are used to disti...

Page 227: ...mode parameters can all be obtained with a 2 port analyzer 1 DUT with only single ended ports No balanced port definition necessary the ana lyzer provides single ended multiport parameters 2 DUT with...

Page 228: ...trix S1 for the modified reference impedances Z1i In terms of raw and renormalized wave quanti ties a0i b0i and a1i b1i S0 and S1 are defined as follows 1 12 11 1 1 12 11 0 02 01 0 0 02 01 n n n n a a...

Page 229: ...22 2 11 1 S S S S S S S S S 1 21 12 21 12 22 11 22 11 2 22 2 S S S S S S S S S where denotes the complex conjugate of S Stability factors are calculated as functions of the frequency or another stimul...

Page 230: ...as df d d d deg rad g 360 where rad deg phase response in radians or degrees angular velocity in radians s f frequency in Hz In practice the analyzer calculates an approximation to the derivative of t...

Page 231: ...le values as a circular area within a complex dia gram A limit check consists of comparing the measurement results to the limit lines and dis play a pass fail indication An acoustic warning and a TTL...

Page 232: ...r limit line seg ments To pass the limit check the trace must be confined to the shaded area As a consequence of the limit line rules a DUT always passes the limit check if no limit lines are defined...

Page 233: ...ollowing rules ensure a maximum of flexibility Ranges do not have to be sorted in ascending or descending order e g the Start Stimulus value of range no n does not have to be smaller than the Start St...

Page 234: ...ined by its center coordi nate in the diagram and its radius Depending on the diagram type circle limit can serve different purposes With a circle limit line centered on the origin of a polar diagram...

Page 235: ...5966 02 07 With a circle limit line centered on the left border of an inverted Smith diagram Y infinity you can check whether the imaginary part of the admittance Im Y sus ceptance falls below a limit...

Page 236: ...on limit and is stored in the directory shown in the Save Limit Line and Recall Limit Line dialogs The file starts with a preamble containing the channel and trace name and the header of the segment l...

Page 237: ...the entries of all editable columns of the list Example of a ripple limit file The ripple limit list is described by the ripple limit file Compatibility with other instruments The VNAs of the R S ZNx...

Page 238: ...t RI for Re Im MA for linear Mag Phase DB for Mag Phase in deci bels the data format for export files can be selected in the Export Data dialog Reference resistance specifies the impedance system unde...

Page 239: ...ne is fixed to 50 regard less of the reference impedance setting of the involved port the data file type of the Touchstone option line is fixed to S for S parameter although the trace can represent a...

Page 240: ...standard applications including the R S ZNL ZNLE itself the reference resistance from the Touchstone option line is used and the impedance system underlying the data is not interpreted correctly Exam...

Page 241: ...dB Mag Phase The data format for export files can be selected in the Export Data dialog The trace data is arranged as described in the header Different values are separated by semicolons commas or ot...

Page 242: ...at is measured instead of the standards Calibration is always channel specific because it depends on the hardware settings in particular on the sweep range This means that a system error correction da...

Page 243: ...orts that were previously disabled are automatically enabled as single ended logical ports An uncalibrated port that is not used by a measurement i e the port is not required by any trace of the relat...

Page 244: ...or which you can obtain or design the most accurate standards and for which you can measure the required parameters with best accuracy 8 5 1 1 Normalization Refl Norm Trans Norm A normalization is the...

Page 245: ...s calibration type requires a Short an Open and a Match standard to be connected to a single test port plus a Through standard between this calibrated source port and the other load ports The four sta...

Page 246: ...as through connection as long as it fulfills the reciprocity condition S21 S12 The modified TOSM calibration is referred to as UOSM Unknown through Open Short Match calibration It can be selected as f...

Page 247: ...ernative to using circuit models it is possible to describe the standards with S parameter tables stored in a file The analyzer provides many predefined cal kits but can also import cal kit files and...

Page 248: ...ult delay is 0 s the default step width is 1 ns corresponding to a step width of 299 792 mm for the electrical length The relations hold for one port and 2 port standards Z0 is the characteristic impe...

Page 249: ...ference impedance is fixed and equal to the characteristic impedance of the connector type No load and offset parameters need to be set The Attenuation is a two port standard which is fully matched in...

Page 250: ...sure to use universal or individual parameter sets if you need to obtain high pre cision results The precision of the calibration kit parameters determines the accuracy of the system error correction...

Page 251: ...bration standard the Slid ing Match must be measured at least at 3 positions which should be unequally spaced to avoid overlapping data points Increasing the number of positions to 4 to 6 can improve...

Page 252: ...r R S ZVR cal kit files On loading some older R S ZVR specific ck files e g the R S ZV Z23 cal kit file the R S ZNL ZNLE generates the message File does not comply with instrument cali bration kit fil...

Page 253: ...red in a separate file named CalGroup_name cal The cal group name can be changed in the Calibration Manager dialog One of the available cal groups can be set as Preset User Cal i e the user correction...

Page 254: ...mm f 4 1319 5507 34 R S ZN Z51 100 kHz to 8 5 GHz 3 5 mm f 2 1319 5507 32 R S ZN Z51 100 kHz to 8 5 GHz N f 4 1319 5507 74 R S ZN Z51 100 kHz to 8 5 GHz N f 2 1319 5507 72 R S ZN Z51 custom configurat...

Page 255: ...z to 8 GHz N f 8 1164 0638 78 R S ZV Z58 300 kHz to 8 GHz 3 5 mm f 8 1164 0638 38 R S ZV Z58 10 MHz to 20 GHz 3 5 mm f 6 1164 0450 36 R S ZV Z59 10 MHz to 20 GHz 3 5 mm f 6 1164 0450 36 The units cont...

Page 256: ...all Rohde Schwarz calibration units except a customized R S ZN Z51 the connector types are equal for all ports See Table 8 8 To connect the unit 1 Switch on and power up your network analyzer 2 To pro...

Page 257: ...est ports using the Calibration Unit wizard Cal Start Cal Unit see Chapter 9 12 1 3 Calibration Unit Wizard on page 440 The wizard indi cates the required port re connections The assignment between th...

Page 258: ...o port 2 8 5 5 3 Characterization of Calibration Units Each calibration unit is delivered with factory characterization data which ensure an accurate calibration for all standard applications For spec...

Page 259: ...librate all channels in one go using the same calibration type on the same ports for all channels In this case for each port to be calibrated the same calibration standards have to be connected After...

Page 260: ...Delay Electrical Length and Mech Length are coupled parameters When one of them is changed the other two are adjusted accordingly For a non dispersive DUT the delay defined above is constant over the...

Page 261: ...softtool tab select Auto Length The delay is displayed in the Delay field the cable length depending on the Velocity Factor in the Mech Length field It is also possible to determine cable lengths usin...

Page 262: ...al ports before they are both corrected by the same amount 8 6 1 4 Auto Length and Loss The Auto Length and Loss function Offset Embed One Way Loss Auto Length and Loss determines all offset parameter...

Page 263: ...ffset softtool tab Auto Length and Loss for balanced ports The Auto Length and Loss function can be used for balanced port configurations as well If the active test port is a balanced logical port the...

Page 264: ...mination of the test fixture connections during fixture compensation impairs subsequent measurements causing an artificial ripple in the measured reflection factor of the DUT If you observe this effec...

Page 265: ...played in Delay format changing the offset parameters simply shifts the whole trace in vertical direction The sign of the phase shift is determined as follows A positive offset parameter causes a posi...

Page 266: ...s the characteristics of the DUT includ ing the desired matching circuit This method provides a number of advantages The measurement uncertainty is not impaired by the tolerances of real test fixtures...

Page 267: ...the other a shunt element or both represent shunt elements In the default setting the resistors are not effective since the serial resistances are set to 0 the shunt resistances are set to 10 M and th...

Page 268: ...equivalent capacitance C i in parallel with conductance G i circuit blocks In addition there is also a Shunt L Shunt C circuit model available where the shunt C is defined as a capacitance C in parall...

Page 269: ...y imported 4 port S parameters The first network is defined by its S parameters stored in an imported four port Touch stone file s4p No additional parameters are required The following networks are co...

Page 270: ...single ended physical ports The analyzer uses the 4 port transformation net works known from balanced port de embedding however each transformation net work is assigned to an arbitrary pair of single...

Page 271: ...dding As shown in section Combining Several De Embedding Networks port set deembed ding is calculated after single ended deembedding and the port set embedding step precedes single ended embedding It...

Page 272: ...he ground contacts In contrast to the 2 port de embedding networks the ground loop represents a single wire connection that can be described by a one port S matrix On the other hand the ground loop de...

Page 273: ...ded The de embedding steps are carried out in the following order 1 Single Ended Deembedding every physical port can be deembedded from a single 2 port network 2 Port Set Deembedding every port pair c...

Page 274: ...balanced logical port can be embedded in a single 2 port network 1 Initial situation DUT embedded in 2 port and 4 port networks only 1 port shown 2 Single ended deembedding 3 Balanced port deembeddin...

Page 275: ...LE For the R S ZNLE there are only a few software and hardware options available See Chapter 8 7 1 Time Domain Analysis on page 275 Chapter 8 7 2 Distance to Fault Measurements on page 281 Chapter 8 7...

Page 276: ...n time domain or unambiguous range Additional constraints apply if the selected Chirp z transformation is a lowpass transfor mation 8 7 1 2 Band Pass and Low Pass Mode The analyzer provides two differ...

Page 277: ...corresponds to the response of a DUT that is stimulated with a voltage waveform that transitions from zero to unity The two alternative responses are mathematically equivalent the step response can be...

Page 278: ...e additional condition that f1 f In other words all frequencies fi are set to harmonics of the start frequency f1 If a harmonic grid including the DC value f 0 is mirrored to the negative frequency ra...

Page 279: ...ints and interpolated extrapolated values The harmonic grids cannot be calculated for any set of sweep points If the minimum number of sweep points is smaller than 5 then the interpolation extrapolati...

Page 280: ...ripple Best for Steepest Edges Rectangle 13 dB 0 547 dB Eliminate small distortions in the vicinity of the useful signal if demands on amplitude accu racy are low Steep Edges Hamming 43 dB 0 019 dB G...

Page 281: ...riginal measured trace 8 7 2 Distance to Fault Measurements Option R S ZNL K3 With option K3 Distance to Fault the R S ZNL ZNLE can locate faults and disconti nuities on cables and transmission lines...

Page 282: ...rated reference plane and the fault to be located The maximum distance that can be measured is inversely proportional to the fre quency span The smaller the frequency span the longer the maximum dista...

Page 283: ...additional options are only available if the R S ZNL is equipped with the spectrum analysis option R S FPL1 B40 40 MHz Analysis Bandwidth keycode option applies to spec trum measurements only R S FPL...

Page 284: ...be set between 0 dB and 30 dB in 10 dB steps see Step Attenuators on page 291 The following step attenuators are availa ble Table 8 13 R S ZNL Analyzer type Port 1 Port 2 R S ZNL3 R S ZNL3 B31 R S ZNL...

Page 285: ...y Power sensor AF output Spectrum Mode only This option is not available for the R S ZNLE The VNA Spectrum specific interfaces can only be used in the respective mode and if the Port Configuration is...

Page 286: ...ttery pack option R S FPL1 B31 the R S ZNL can be operated independently of an AC or DC power supply The instrument can house 2 Li Ion batter ies which can be charged both via AC or DC power supply Th...

Page 287: ...emote control commands For a general overview of the analyzer s capabilities and their use refer to Chapter 8 VNA Concepts and Features on page 189 9 1 Function Keys and Softtools Most of the Function...

Page 288: ...ft S Sweep Softtool Activates the first active input field on the Trigger tab Meas Alt Shift A Meas Softtool Default Format Alt Shift W Format Softtool Default Display Lines Alt Shift B Display Lines...

Page 289: ...me domain trace only Background information Refer to Chapter 8 1 3 Traces Channels and Diagrams on page 190 9 2 1 Stimulus Tab Defines the sweep range in the current channel depending on the sweep typ...

Page 290: ...de sweeps This value can also be set on the Sweep Params tab of the Sweep softtool see Number of Points on page 303 Remote command SENSe Ch SWEep POINts Start Time Stop Time Defines the duration of a...

Page 291: ...evel to the input level range of the analyzer They protect the instrument from being overloaded or damaged e g if the DUT is a power amplifier Attenuation factors are port and channel specific Possibl...

Page 292: ...Time Domain X Axis softtool tab left Time representation right Distance representation Time Start Time Stop Time Center Time Span Defines the display range for the time domain trace in time represent...

Page 293: ...ameters Sii or ratios with equal port indices the time axis represents the propagation time of a signal from the source to the DUT and back For transmission measurement it represents the propagation t...

Page 294: ...available In circular diagrams no Scale Div no Ref Pos and no Max and Min values can be defined The default scale is activated automatically when a display format diagram type is selected Scale settin...

Page 295: ...value of the outer circumfer ence Auto scale does not affect the stimulus values and the horizontal axis Remote command DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y SCALe AUTO Auto Scale Diagram Adjusts the Scal...

Page 296: ...ence line in a Cartesian diagram The reference line is indicated by an arrowhead symbol at the right edge of the dia gram area The color of the symbol corresponds to the trace color Ref Pos is defined...

Page 297: ...d n a Decouple All Traces Decouple Trc Assigns independent scale settings to all traces to the active trace Remote command n a 9 3 3 Zoom Tab Provides graphical and stimulus zoom functions for cartesi...

Page 298: ...o the selected zoom mode Remote command n a Zoom Select Stim Zoom Select Prepares the analyzer GUI for the selection of a paraxial rectangular zoom area The effect of the subsequent selection depends...

Page 299: ...y WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr ZOOM STATe Max Min Start Stop Defines the coordinates of the graphical zoom window for the active diagram Max and Min define the response axis range Start and Stop define the...

Page 300: ...0n Hz 1 5 10n Hz 2 10n Hz 3 10n Hz 5 10n Hz 7 10n Hz n 0 Values exceeding the maximum bandwidth are rounded down The bandwidth range is 1 Hz to 500 kHz Remote command SENSe Ch BANDwidth RESolution SEN...

Page 301: ...thod of compensating for random effects on the trace by averaging adjacent measurement points Compared to the sweep average smoothing does not significantly increase the measurement time but can elimi...

Page 302: ...eal and imaginary parts of each measurement result similar to Reduce Noise but with finite history Changing the mode resets the average cycle Remote command SENSe Ch AVERage MODE 9 5 Sweep Softtool Th...

Page 303: ...efined in the Stimulus Tab of the Stimulus softtool this parameter defines the grid of sweep points The step width between two consecu tive sweep points is constant on a linear scale sweep types Lin F...

Page 304: ...Size generally increases the measurement time Remote command SENSe Ch SWEep STEP Sweep Time Auto Varies the measurement time for a sweep or delays the start of each sweep Sweep Time is the total meas...

Page 305: ...ases the accuracy in particular for measurements on DUTs with long settling times e g quartz oscillators SAW filters Select First Partial Meas ment if the DUT does not require an additional settling t...

Page 306: ...r can be specified in the Stimulus settings see Chapter 9 2 1 Stimulus Tab on page 289 The sweep points are calculated from the Span and the specified Number of Points n 1 with the condition that the...

Page 307: ...ale ranging from the lowest to the highest frequency point of all segments The following example shows a segmented frequency sweep with 2 segments The forward transmission parameter S21 is mea sured a...

Page 308: ...Remote command SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE on page 886 POINt Time Time sweeps like CW Mode sweeps are performed at constant frequency and stim ulus power which can be specified in the Stimulus settings see Ch...

Page 309: ...ep TYPE on page 886 CW Define Segments Opens the Define Segments Dialog that allows to set up the channel for a Segmented frequency sweep Seg X Axis Scales the x axis for a segmented frequency sweep I...

Page 310: ...SENSe Ch FREQuency SEGMent AXIS 9 5 2 2 Define Segments Dialog The Define Segments dialog defines all channel settings for a Segmented frequency sweep and imports or exports segmented sweep settings...

Page 311: ...is the number of sweep points in the segment A single segment can con sist of only one point If Points is set to 1 then the Stop frequency is set equal to the Start frequency Note Displayed Columns an...

Page 312: ...ceding segment Insert inserts a new segment before the active segment The segment numbers of all segments after the new segment are incremented by one The new segment covers a possible frequency gap b...

Page 313: ...tains more columns listing all channel settings of the individual sweep segments The headings of the additional columns are IF Band width Hz en IF Selectivity en IF Sideband Meas Delay s bo Sweep Time...

Page 314: ...signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can be used to differentiate between up to 16 independent ana lyzer states For an application example refer to the detailed remote control description OUTPut Ch UP...

Page 315: ...Seg VALue CONTrol AUXiliary C DATA 9 5 3 Trigger Tab Selects the source of the trigger signal and provides additional trigger settings Trigger system of the analyzer The trigger system is used to sync...

Page 316: ...tors BNC connector Trigger In Pin 2 of the Aux Port connector R S ZNL only requires Additional Interfaces option R S FPL1 B5 The trigger inputs are equivalent no additional setting for signal routing...

Page 317: ...193 Segment means that each trigger event starts the next sweep segment within the current sweep If a sweep type other than Segmented is active this option is equiv alent to Sweep Relation with other...

Page 318: ...the analyzer measures in FreeRun mode as long as the external trigger signal is high low The measurement is dis continued when the trigger signal changes to low high Remote command TRIGger Ch SEQuenc...

Page 319: ...1 is the external trigger signal fed in at either the Trigger In connector on the rear panel or pin 2 of the Aux Port connector External 2 is the external trigger signal fed in at pin 25 of the Aux P...

Page 320: ...de the measurement is stopped after the configured number of Sweeps Restart Sweep initiates a new measurement cycle Tip Use All Channels Continuous or All Channels on Hold to select a common sweep mod...

Page 321: ...Tiate CONTinuous ALL Sweep Controller Activates deactivates the resizable Sweep Info dialog which displays the current sweep stage The Sweep Info dialog is particularly useful for long duration sweeps...

Page 322: ...te control each channel can contain an active trace The active remote traces and the active manual trace are independent of each other see Chapter 10 4 2 2 Active Traces in Remote Control on page 563...

Page 323: ...a new diagram Otherwise behaves like Add Trace Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED Delete Trace Deletes the active trace and r...

Page 324: ...ng traces of the current channel setup are listed in a table with several editable white or non editable gray columns Table Area The table contains the following columns Name indicates name of the rel...

Page 325: ...ACe WndTr SHOW DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr LABel SHOW on page 745 CONFigure TRACe WINDow TRACe DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME ID Add Creates a trace based on the Acti...

Page 326: ...oupled to trace B then B s scale settings are copied to A Remote command n a 9 6 2 Mem Stores traces to the memory Background information Refer to Trace Types on page 197 Coupling of data and memory t...

Page 327: ...is associated If the active trace is a data trace then the active trace is also the active data trace Data to Destination Stores the current state of the active data trace to the Destination memory t...

Page 328: ...race is overwritten New Trace The data are copied to a new memory trace associated to the current data trace Remote command n a Show Active Data Trace Shows or hides the active data trace in the diagr...

Page 329: ...ed trace data Complex Data math is available in all firmware versions of all R S ZNx vector net work analyzers Formatted Data math was added in version 1 30 of the R S ZNL ZNLE firmware Trace Math Com...

Page 330: ...data This function is disabled unless a memory trace is coupled to the active data trace Trace coupling ensures that the two traces have the same number of points so that the mathematical trace is wel...

Page 331: ...yzer processes only numeric values without units in the mathematical formu las No consistency check for units is performed Expression builder The mathematical expression appears in the upper part of t...

Page 332: ...ase z arctan Im z Re z Re Im x y Real and Imag log ln Common base 10 or natural base e logarithm Min Max Smaller or larger values of all points of two traces e g Min Trc1 Trc2 StimVal Stimulus value t...

Page 333: ...ces displayed in units of dBm Show as Power and trace format dB Mag If Result is Wave Quantity is on checked the mathematical trace values W are interpreted as voltages and first converted into equiva...

Page 334: ...accordance with the Destination setting Trace functions are applied to the stored traces For information on trace functions see Data Func to Destination on page 327 All Data to Destination stores the...

Page 335: ...rary sets of traces Use the UNDO function of the analyzer to restore a trace that was unintentionally deleted Remote command CALCulate PARameter DELete MEMory 9 6 5 Time Domain Tab The Time Domain tab...

Page 336: ...time domain representation is active the trace settings behave as follows The Start and Stop settings in the Time Gate tab configure the time axis All trace formats including the circular diagrams ar...

Page 337: ...hapter 9 6 6 Time Gate Tab on page 340 The analyzer always uses a No Profiling Rectangle window to calculate the time gated frequency domain trace see Time Gated Frequency Domain Trace on page 280 Rem...

Page 338: ...289 and the current number of sweep points see Number of Points on page 303 This algorithm can increase the frequency gap i e the Freq Step Size Keep Frequency Gap and Number of Points calculates a h...

Page 339: ...of the DUT at f 0 are sufficiently well known then it is recom mendable to enter the DC value manually Manual Entry Examples At f 0 the reflection factor of an open ended cable is 1 It is 1 for a sho...

Page 340: ...esponses The time gate is inde pendent of the frequency window used to filter the trace before transforming it to time domain Time domain analysis requires option R S ZNL K2 R S ZNLE K2 If this option...

Page 341: ...asses all information in the specified time region and rejects everything else A Notch filter rejects all information in the specified time region and passes every thing else Remote command CALCulate...

Page 342: ...able connected to Port 2 shall be observed The x axis of the DTF trace derived from S22 shows the distance from the calibrated reference plane If option K3 is not installed on the R S ZNL ZNLE the Dis...

Page 343: ...aults Distance to Fault Enables disables Distance to Fault representation for the active trace Note that Distance to Fault can only be enabled if the active channel is configured to perform a linear f...

Page 344: ...t STARt CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault STOP CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault CENTer CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault SPAN Auto Number of Points Selects the minimum number of sweep points that are requi...

Page 345: ...e Select Available Cable Types to access the list of predefined and user defined cable types see Chapter 9 6 7 2 Available Cable Types Dialog on page 347 Remote command CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault...

Page 346: ...t Fault Limit forms a new upper line segment replacing other pre viously defined limit lines see Chapter 9 9 4 2 Define Limit Lines Dialog on page 402 Remote command CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault PE...

Page 347: ...ation Table on page 347 The velocity factor is a measure for the velocity of an electromagnetic wave in a dielec tric with permittivity r relative to its velocity in a vacuum velocity factor 1 It is n...

Page 348: ...requency range then Attenuation fcenter is linearly extrapo lated from the two lowest highest frequency points It is recommended to specify the cable attenuation as accurately as possible The cor rect...

Page 349: ...log that allows to export the filtered content of the fault list to an ASCII file with configurable Field Separator and Decimal Separator This CSV type file contains one line terminated by CR LF per f...

Page 350: ...tistical values are obtained as follows Min and Max are the largest and the smallest of all response values yi Pk Pk is the peak to peak value and is equal to the difference Max Min Mean is the arithm...

Page 351: ...ation range Evaluation Range The parameters are only available for trace formats that contain phase information i e for the formats Phase Unwr Phase and the polar diagram formats Polar Smith Inv Smith...

Page 352: ...A and B Slope is the difference of the stimulus values of point B minus point A Flatness is a measure of the deviation of the trace in the evaluation range from linearity The analyzer calculates the...

Page 353: ...CALCulate Chn STATistics DOMain USER CALCulate Chn STATistics DOMain USER STARt CALCulate Chn STATistics DOMain USER STOP Range Limit Lines On Displays or hides the range limit lines in the diagram a...

Page 354: ...ted Values on page 360 For complex traces if marker format and trace format do not coincide the marker values are calculated before Smoothing and Hold are applied In this case the dis played marker va...

Page 355: ...small aperture and increase it only as long as you are certain that the trace is still correctly reproduced Select a smoothing aperture that is small compared to the width of the observed structures e...

Page 356: ...trace that is displayed in a polar diagram around the origin leaving the magnitude unchanged The Real value shifts a real trace in vertical direction leaving the imaginary part unchanged The Imag val...

Page 357: ...n the Export snp Files section call up a dialog to store data or mem ory traces to a trace file of the corresponding content and file format see Chap ter 9 6 11 2 Export Data File Type Dialog on page...

Page 358: ...patibility before importing data The Select Parameter box remains empty if the selected file contains no compatible data Import Complex Data is a standard Open File dialog with an additional button Im...

Page 359: ...measurement data in an external application To store measurement data and reimport it in a future measurement session Background information Refer to the following sections Chapter 8 4 2 Trace Files...

Page 360: ...normalize according to the port specific reference impedances instead of a common target impedance see Renormalization of S parameters on page 239 Add Ref Impedances For ASCII csv or Matlab dat files...

Page 361: ...Point or the Comma if needed to process the exported data with an external application as a separator for decimal numbers Save Stores the trace data according to the selected options Tip Note the con...

Page 362: ...with the trace export conditions If data from All Channels are exported every channel must contain a compatible set of traces see Conditions for Touchstone file export on page 239 The OK button is ava...

Page 363: ...description of all measurement results of the R S ZNL ZNLE refer to Chapter 8 3 Measurement Results on page 217 Efficient trace handling To select a result and display it as a trace you can simply dr...

Page 364: ...input mode m_in can be one of d differential balanced c common balanced s single ended unbalanced It is also possible to display raw single ended S parameters within the same channel after setting the...

Page 365: ...up S Param Wizard Opens a dialog that guides you through the setup of a standard multi port S parameter measurement in a frequency sweep See Chapter 9 7 1 2 S Parameter Wizard on page 365 Balanced Por...

Page 366: ...lt reference impedance of the physical analyzer ports is Z0 50 The default reference impedances for balanced ports are derived hereof You do not need to change this value unless you want to renormaliz...

Page 367: ...dB then the default source power of 40 dB is still too high It must be changed after finishing the wizard 6 Perform a calibration optional Allows you to perform a calibration The S Parameter Wizard p...

Page 368: ...ht The resulting port assign ment is shown on the left hand side of the Predefined Config tab For a single ended port the diagram shows a single line between the physical test port and the logical por...

Page 369: ...ced port select it and tap Single To exclude a physical port from the measurement select the port and tap Unused Furthermore provides functions for renumbering the logical ports Remote command SOURce...

Page 370: ...d for common mode Balanced port Single ended port Differential mode Zref Z0d Common mode Zref Z0c DUT Single ended unbalanced port Zref default Zconnector 2 3 1 2 Physical Port no Logical Port no Anal...

Page 371: ...logical port and connector type Remote command SENSe Ch LPORt LogPt ZDEFault STATe Renormalization According to Theory of Selects the waveguide circuit theory for renormalization The conversion formu...

Page 372: ...to the S parameter S21 forward transmission coefficient b2 a2 Source Port 2 is the ratio of the wave quantities b2 and a2 measured at port 2 This ratio corresponds to the S parameter S22 output reflec...

Page 373: ...ts the type left pull down list and the port number assignment right pull down list of the wave that forms the numerator of the ratio Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name B2 A1 CAL...

Page 374: ...rt 2 are measured at Port 1 of the ana lyzer a2 Source Port 2 b2 Source Port 1 and b2 Source Port 2 are measured at Port 2 of the analyzer a1 Source Port 1 is the wave transmitted at physical port 1 I...

Page 375: ...3 2 More Wave Quantities Dialog on page 375 Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name A1 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name A1 9 7 3 2 More Wave Quantities Dialog The More Wave...

Page 376: ...st set s direc tional element Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name A1 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name A1 Show as Selects the physical unit of the displayed trace It is po...

Page 377: ...nd reflec tion measurements Z11 is the input impedance at port 1 of a 2 port DUT that is terminated at port 2 with the reference impedance Z0 matched circuit impedance measured in a forward reflection...

Page 378: ...asured quantities The admittances are calcula ted from the measured S parameters Background information Refer to the following sections Chapter 8 3 3 Admittance Parameters on page 221 Chapter 8 3 3 1...

Page 379: ...obtain an alternative graphical representation of the converted impedances in a reflection measurement Tip Use the Y Z Params tab to measure Y parameters including the transfer param eters Remote com...

Page 380: ...uit V 0 The four 2 port Y parameters can be interpreted as follows Y11 is the input admittance defined as the ratio of the current I1 to the voltage V1 measured at port 1 forward measurement with outp...

Page 381: ...d as the ratio of the voltage V1 to the current I2 reverse measurement with open input I1 0 Z22 is the output impedance defined as the ratio of the voltage V2 to the current I2 measured at port 2 reve...

Page 382: ...of the logical ports 1 and 2 is defined as a balanced port Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name MUF121 MUF221 KFAC21 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name MUF121 MUF221 KFAC21...

Page 383: ...tion loss gain etc Tip alternative formats The magnitude of each complex quantity can be displayed on a linear scale It is possible to view the real and imaginary parts instead of the mag nitude and...

Page 384: ...asily provide the stimulus value of any measurement point dB values for the magni tude and other conversions can be obtained by the Marker Format functions Remote command CALCulate Chn FORMat SMITh Po...

Page 385: ...ppears on the vertical axis C is measured relative to the phase at the start of the sweep refer ence phase 0 In contrast to the normal Phase format the display range is not limi ted to values between...

Page 386: ...lex quantity instead of the real and imaginary part The magnitude can be displayed on a linear scale or on a logarithmic scale Both the real and imaginary parts are displayed in the polar diagram Remo...

Page 387: ...a constant ratio of phase difference to frequency difference For more information refer to Chapter 8 3 8 Delay Aperture Electrical Length on page 230 Application Transmission measurements especially w...

Page 388: ...quencies It is recommended to use even numbers of aperture steps especially for large frequency step sizes The delay calculation is based on the already measured sweep points and does not slow down t...

Page 389: ...ivat ing modifying and arranging diagrams Background information for display settings Refer to the following sections Chapter 8 1 3 Traces Channels and Diagrams on page 190 Chapter 8 2 1 Display Eleme...

Page 390: ...top of the active diagram Trc3 in the figure below The analyzer provides several tools for activating diagrams tap on a point in the diagram to activate the diagram including the last active trace in...

Page 391: ...ns in the Split Tab Remote command DISPlay WINDow Wnd MAXimize Title Defines a title for the Active Diagram The visibility of the title area can be toggled using Show Title Remote command DISPlay WIND...

Page 392: ...other Traces Remote command No command display configuration only Split All Creates a separate diagram for each trace in the active channel setup and automati cally arranges those diagrams in the dia...

Page 393: ...g sections Overlay All on page 391 Split All on page 392 Dual Split Triple Split Quad Split Splits the diagram area into two three four diagrams and distributes the traces among the diagrams Traces wi...

Page 394: ...columns is as defined in the corresponding input fields If the selected number of Diagrams exceeds the number of traces some of the new diagrams are created with a default trace Tip To vary the size...

Page 395: ...ation Refer to Chapter 8 2 1 Display Elements of a VNA Diagram on page 195 9 9 3 1 Controls on the Config Tab Hide Sensitive Information Unmasks or masks all stimulus value occurrences in the VNA GUI...

Page 396: ...SPlay ANNotation TRACe STATe Info Table Show Position Shows or hides the info table and defines its position The info table is a possible container for info fields and can be placed to the bottom to t...

Page 397: ...mes to the markers see Marker Name on page 418 If a trace is hidden then its marker and bandfilter search info is also hidden in the Info Window Info Window Configuration Dialog The Info Window Config...

Page 398: ...e displayed Figure 9 8 Content selection bandfilter search info fields Remote command DISPlay IWINdow MARKer Mk STATe DISPlay IWINdow BFILter STATe 9 9 3 3 Additional Settings Display Colors You can a...

Page 399: ...Define Limit Lines Dialog on page 402 Show Limit Line Shows or hides the limit line associated with the active trace in a Cartesian diagram area Note Display of the limit line and limit check are ind...

Page 400: ...d for a particular trace format However the limit check is per formed irrespective of the current trace format The info field indicates the correct PASS FAIL state and limit violations are visualized...

Page 401: ...t signals at the Aux Port see Chapter 12 3 1 1 Aux Port on page 972 Note Because the Aux Port is not available for the R S ZNLE the TTL1 Pass and TTL2 Pass checkboxes are not available for these instr...

Page 402: ...ift a previously defined limit line in x and y direction respectively without having to redefine the con stituent line segments Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit CONTrol SHIFt CALCulate Chn LIMit UPP...

Page 403: ...te the segment but changes its screen color Start Stimulus is the stimulus x axis value of the first point of the segment Stop Stimulus is the stimulus x axis value of the last point of the segment St...

Page 404: ...lue of the active segment The segment numbers in the list are adap ted If no segment is active Insert is equivalent to Add Delete removes the selected segment from the list Delete All clears the entir...

Page 405: ...ort dialogs contain the following file import settings Offsets contains two input fields to define constant offset values for all imported segments The Response offset shifts all segments in vertical...

Page 406: ...r 8 4 1 Limit Check on page 231 9 9 5 1 Controls on the Ripple Test Tab The Def Ripple Test button opens the Define Ripple Test dialog see Chap ter 9 9 5 2 Define Ripple Test Dialog on page 408 Show R...

Page 407: ...e defined In this case the info field displays No ripple defined and the limit check always passes For each trace ripple limits can only be set for a single cartesian trace format If another trace for...

Page 408: ...ine Ripple Test Dialog The Define Ripple Test dialog defines the ripple limits for the active trace on a range by range basis A separate ripple limit can be assigned to each range Access Display Lines...

Page 409: ...the range is within the sweep range Ripple Limit is their vertical distance See Chapter 8 4 1 2 Rules for Ripple Test Definition on page 233 Remote command CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg STATe CALC...

Page 410: ...ulate Chn RIPPle DATA CALCulate Chn RIPPle DELete ALL Recall Ripple Test Save Ripple Test The buttons open an Open Save File dialog to load a ripple limit line from a ripple limit file or store the cu...

Page 411: ...e limit check Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit CIRCle DISPlay STATe Limit Check Switches the limit check of the active trace on or off When the limit check is switched on a movable PASS or FAIL mess...

Page 412: ...e limit check is sus pended If the limit check for cartesian limit lines is enabled it is also evaluated in complex diagrams Figure 9 10 Simultaneous dB Mag limit line and circle check Remote command...

Page 413: ...r on the X axis and Y axis Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit CIRCle DATA Global Check See Global Check on page 401 TTL1 Pass TTL2 Pass See TTL1 Pass TTL2 Pass on page 401 9 9 7 Display Circle Tab The...

Page 414: ...Test enabled but limited to Display Circle Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit DCIRcle STATe Clear Circle Resets the Display Circle to its default configuration unit circle show border off limit to cir...

Page 415: ...nctionality to move the horizontal line to a particular position The response value appears in the numeric entry field Remote command CALCulate Chn DLINe 9 10 Marker Settings Softtool The Marker Setti...

Page 416: ...er Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk X CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence X Mkr i Arb Response Ref Mkr Arb Response Gets sets the response value Y position of an Arbitrary marker see Marker Mode o...

Page 417: ...s positioned on the trace and the marker coordinates are displayed in the movable info field The stimulus position of an active marker can be entered in the Mkr i Stimulus entry field The default posi...

Page 418: ...of active diagram Coupling also works if Tracking is enabled for Marker m in one trace The Marker m of the other traces then follow the movements of the tracked marker The same holds true for the ref...

Page 419: ...ues are obtained by interpolation Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk MODE CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence MODE Marker Mode Determines if and how the marker s position is adjusted and if and how...

Page 420: ...the reference marker to the position of the active marker Ref Mkr Mkr is not active if the active marker is a reference marker Remote command n a Export Markers Calls up a Save As dialog to store the...

Page 421: ...r or logarithmic It is enabled if the active marker is in Delta Mode Span Marker adjusts the sweep span to the range between the active delta marker and the reference marker Remote command CALCulate C...

Page 422: ...f the refer ence plane must be carried out on the Delay trace but has an impact on all trace for mats A standard application of Zero Delay at Marker is correction of the constant delay caused by the i...

Page 423: ...hen marker coupling is enabled All marker coupling applies to all traces in the active channel setup that have the same stimulus variable as the active trace Channel marker coupling applies to all tra...

Page 424: ...arget Search Tab 431 Bandfilter Tab 433 9 11 1 Peak Tab Provides Marker Search functions that move the active marker to a local maximum or minimum of the active trace The search operation can be restr...

Page 425: ...e peak search functions Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute MINimum MAXimum CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion RESult Center Marker See Center Marker Start Marker Stop Marker Span Ma...

Page 426: ...tracking of the active marker for the current Search Mode which cau ses the marker to be updated after each sweep or after each sweep point in case of Sweep Progress Among the available search modes...

Page 427: ...that the Search Range is equal to the sweep range Besides it is possible to store up to 10 customized search ranges The Search Range s are bordered by the Start and Stop values Start must be smaller t...

Page 428: ...R STOP Range Limit Lines On Displays or hides the range limit lines in the diagram area Range limit lines are two vertical lines at the Start and Stop values of the active search range Range 1 to Rang...

Page 429: ...RKer Mk THReshold STATe Excursion Settings Defines a minimum excursion for single peak searches and activates it If Active only peaks with an excursion above the configured Excursion value are conside...

Page 430: ...ws you to set the domain for the multiple peak search A modified domain takes effect the next time Max Min is used Tracking Enables or disables tracking for Multiple Peak search If enabled a new multi...

Page 431: ...excursion for multiple peak searches and activates it If Active only peaks with an excursion above the configured Excursion value are considered By definition the excursion of a peak is the smaller o...

Page 432: ...command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk TARGet Target Format Selects the format that is used to specify the Target Value The selected target format applies to the current marker only each marker can have a d...

Page 433: ...CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion RESult Search Left Search Right Searches the Target Value to the left right of the active marker s stimulus value within the current search range see Chapter 9 11 1 2...

Page 434: ...sweep types the Bandfilter functions can still be useful to analyze general trace properties The Eval Range button opens the Evaluation Range dialog that allows you to nar row the Bandfilter search t...

Page 435: ...the center of the peak Depending on a system setting the center is either calculated as the geometric or the arithmetic mean of the Lower Edge and Upper Edge frequencies see Geometric Calculation of...

Page 436: ...Bandwidth M3 indicates the Upper Edge of the bandstop i e the point on the right edge of the peak where the trace value is equal to the maximum in the search range pass band value minus the specified...

Page 437: ...Lower Band Edge and Upper Band Edge values are given by the frequencies where the trace is equal to Bandwidth None Bandfilter search switched off result off Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNC...

Page 438: ...Chapter 8 5 Calibration on page 242 Chapter 8 5 5 Automatic Calibration on page 254 9 12 1 1 Related Controls on the Calibration Tab The upper part of the Calibration tab provides access to all funct...

Page 439: ...performed Calibration Start Cal Unit Opens the Calibration Unit Wizard Calibration Start Manual Opens the Calibration Setting Wizard Calibration Repeat Re enters the data acquisition step of the curre...

Page 440: ...tion Start Cal Unit The wizard proceeds in three steps 1 Step 1 Ports allows you to configure the calibration and to select a calibration unit along with its characterization 2 Step 2 Connections allo...

Page 441: ...orts Allows you to define the calibration to be performed and to select the calibration unit to be used along with its characterization Background and related information Refer to the following sectio...

Page 442: ...ied sets of characterization data using the cal unit characterization wizard See Chapter 9 12 2 4 Characterize Cal Unit Dialog on page 461 By default the R S ZNL ZNLE uses the last generated cal unit...

Page 443: ...3 Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO TYPE SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs TYPE Next Proceeds to Step 2 Connections Next is unavailable and a warning is displayed if the following h...

Page 444: ...ault port assignment Start Proceeds to Step 3 Cal Unit If the configured port assignments are invalid this action is disabled Step 3 Cal Unit During the calibration phase the R S ZNL ZNLE displays a C...

Page 445: ...purpose of the typical result traces Trc1 and Trc2 is to avoid connection errors If the correct standard type is measured and everything is properly connected then the measured trace is expected to be...

Page 446: ...librated The Apply button is enabled when calibration sweeps have been successfully per formed for all required port assignments Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO SENSe Ch CORRection COL...

Page 447: ...g setup If the calibration setup is not changed and sweep data are available from previous calibrations the existing sys tem error correction can be optimized without repeating the measurement of all...

Page 448: ...between each pair of two ports Transmission calibration types require at least two physical ports For unidirectional transmission calibration types Trans Norm One Path Two Ports the Source port must...

Page 449: ...the ports and the calibration type selected in Step 1 Ports and Type The lower part gives access to the connector and cal kit settings Connector Gender Defines the connector types and genders of the p...

Page 450: ...types the port connector types must be equal e g because they require a Through standard with known characteristics Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection PORTs SENSe Ch CORRection COL...

Page 451: ...ce and a typical result trace for the measured calibration standard The purpose of the typical result traces Trc1 and Trc2 is to avoid connection errors If the correct standard type is measured and ev...

Page 452: ...eep on Std Meas If this function is active a new standard measurement initiates a new sweep starting at the beginning Start of the sweep range The sweep points for the calibration sweep are in ascendi...

Page 453: ...ation Devices The middle part of the Calibration tab provides access to all functions for calibration kit management and cal unit characterization 9 12 2 1 Related Controls on the Calibration Tab The...

Page 454: ...ciated calibration kit parameters The Calibration Kits Dialog provides buttons to export and import cal kit and connector settings After assigning a calibration kit to a user defined connector type yo...

Page 455: ...del see View Modify Cal Kit Standards Dialog on page 460 For TEM type lines the relative permittivity r is needed for the conversion of a ZVR type Loss in units of dB sqrt GHz into an Agilent type Off...

Page 456: ...249 Chapter 9 12 2 2 Cal Connector Types Dialog on page 454 The contents of the Available Cal Kits table vary depending on the selected Connec tor Type The table can also contain kits with ideal or t...

Page 457: ...to manage calibration kits Add creates a cal kit file for the selected connector type Copy creates a cal kit file based on the contents of an existing cal kit file Delete deletes an imported or user d...

Page 458: ...Calibration directory see Chapter 8 5 2 4 Cal Kit Files on page 252 Remote command MMEMory LOAD CKIT MMEMory STORe CKIT Kit Standards Dialog The Kit Standards dialog shows the calibration standards i...

Page 459: ...ort standards or a pair of ports for two port standards Standards with unrestricted port assignment any are stored with their gender When a connector type and calibration kit is selected for the calib...

Page 460: ...a View Modify Cal Kit Standards Dialog The View Modify Cal Kit Standards dialog shows the circuit model for a selected cal ibration standard It is also used to define or edit the circuit model offset...

Page 461: ...ORRection CKIT StandardType Load Parameters The entries in the lower part of the View Modify Cal Kit Standards dialog specify the load parameters for a particular calibration standard describing its t...

Page 462: ...them must be selected for characterization active cal unit Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess ALL SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess Authentication Allows you to set a passwo...

Page 463: ...g SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL SDATa Characterization Wizard The Characterization wizard guides you through the automatic characterization of a calibration unit Access Characterization Wizard Start...

Page 464: ...SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PORTs Take OSM Take All OSM and Through Take OSM starts a calibration sweep for the related port Take All OSM and Through initiates a series of calibration sweeps th...

Page 465: ...If the characterized calibration unit does not have an SD card slot the checkbox is hidden If the calibration unit has an SD card slot but the SD card is not accessible the checkbox is grayed out Fil...

Page 466: ...pears behind the trace list if the system error correction is switched off see also Chapter 8 5 4 Calibration Labels on page 253 The calibration status of each channel and trace appears in the setup i...

Page 467: ...d user correction data or the factory system error correction indicated as Remote command n a Add Add All Replace Apply Apply to All The buttons between the tables are used to modify the calibration p...

Page 468: ...group file from the pool Note however that calibra tions being used in any of the opened channel setups cannot be deleted Remote command MMEMory DELete CORRection Preset User Cal Selects a cal group f...

Page 469: ...select a channel as the active channel You can monitor the channel activity using the OUTPut Ch UPORt VALue com mand and the output signals at pins 8 to 11 of the Aux Port connector The Aux Port is op...

Page 470: ...ctive diagram area The new channel is named Ch n where n is the largest of all existing channel numbers plus one The name can be changed in the Channel Manager dialog Tips To create a channel and a tr...

Page 471: ...ontrol each channel setup must contain at least one diagram area with one channel and one trace Tips Use the Undo function to restore a channel that was unintentionally deleted Remote command CONFigur...

Page 472: ...channel On Off toggles the measurement state of the related channel Single Sweep toggles between Continuous and Single sweep mode see Continuous Single on page 320 Remote command CONFigure CHANnel CA...

Page 473: ...easure ment is carried out in an additional sweep This mode is usually faster than Chopped mode In Chopped mode the analyzer completes the necessary sequence of partial measurements at each sweep poin...

Page 474: ...ented frequency sweep and assign independent LO frequencies to the individual sweep segments Note For the R S ZNLE only Auto mode is available and hence the Image Suppr section is hidden Application e...

Page 475: ...The Aux Port is provided by the Additional Interfaces option R S FPL1 B5 If the Additional Interfaces plugin unit is not detected the Channel Bits tab is hidden Because the Additional Interfaces optio...

Page 476: ...ofttool The Offset Embed softtool allows you to define a length offset and loss for each test port The offset compensates for the known length and loss of non dispersive and per fectly matched transmi...

Page 477: ...mulator on page 471 all functions except the Offset function are in inactive grayed out in the Overview 9 14 1 2 Offset Panel Allows you to activate or deactivate offset loss correction for selected p...

Page 478: ...mote command SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt COMPensation STATe 9 14 1 3 Single Ended Panel Allows you to activate or deactivate single ended deembedding embedding for selected physical ports For the...

Page 479: ...e command MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch SENDed EMBedding PhyPt 9 14 1 4 Port Sets Panel The Port Sets panel allows you to configure the Port Sets to whom...

Page 480: ...d de embeding for the related port set i e adds or removes it to from the calculation flow without changing its parameters Remote command CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId STAT...

Page 481: ...ctivated by selecting the Balanced Tab Refer to its description for background information parameters and additional remote commands Active The checkboxes in the Active column activate or deactivate t...

Page 482: ...Overview Panel Ground Loop For the 1 Port Data network type the required touchstone file can also be selected from here This panel can also be activated by selecting the Ground Loop Tab softtool tab...

Page 483: ...ettings see Ref erence Impedance Tab on page 369 Access Overview Panel Impedance Renor Active The Active flags are inversely related to the Use Default flags of the logical port con figuration see Bal...

Page 484: ...ding the touchstone file s2p the analyzer by default assumes odd ports left VNA side even ports right DUT side However it is also possible to Swap Gates instructing the analyzer to reinterpret the loa...

Page 485: ...1 Controls on the Offset Tab The Fixture Compensation button opens the Fixture Compensation Dialog Overview This button is available on all Offset Embed softtool tabs It opens the Overview Panel in t...

Page 486: ...the reference plane and the DUT The velocity factor is 1 sqrt r and is a measure for the velocity of light in a dielectric with permittivity r relative to the velocity of light in the vacuum velocity...

Page 487: ...t Auto Length Adds an electrical length offset to the selected test port with the condition that the residual delay of the active trace defined as the negative derivative of the phase response is mini...

Page 488: ...ength Auto Length and Loss Auto Length or Auto Length and Loss implies that a global electrical length offset and loss is determined in analogy to the general offset compensation see Chap ter 8 6 1 3...

Page 489: ...p the Measure Fixture wiz ard dialog that guides you through the actual fixture measurement See Open Short vs Open and Short compensation on page 264 Measure Fixture wizard The Measure Fixture dialog...

Page 490: ...provides additional flexibility You can Measure the same ports repeatedly without changing the standards and attribute the results to different channels Calculate the compensation data for different p...

Page 491: ...s identifies the physical port Loss at DC Loss at Freq Freq for Loss Defines the one way loss parameters for the transmission line at the selected port The loss can be modeled as the sum of a constant...

Page 492: ...with a line connected to a test port the end of the line should be left open Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS PhyPt AUTO 9 14 4 Single Ended Tab Allows you to specify 2 port deembedding embedd...

Page 493: ...mand The PhyPt numeric suffix in the embedding deembedding commands identifies the physical port see e g CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt STATe or CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETw...

Page 494: ...form VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters R Cmp Select File Select File is enabled as long as the 2 Port Data network is selected This net work is defined by its S parameters stored in a two po...

Page 495: ...iew on page 485 Type Switches between Deembedding and Embedding network definition Port Set Port sets defined in the complementary Port Sets Panel dock widget panel The trans formation networks are de...

Page 496: ...ing ListId TNDefinition CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters C 1 2 3 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters L 1 2 3 CALCulate Ch TRANsform...

Page 497: ...ListId 9 14 6 Balanced Tab Selects 4 port transformation networks for balanced port deembedding embedding defines their parameters assigns them to a balanced port and enables embedding Use the complem...

Page 498: ...network and disables deembedding embedding for the selected balanced port Other 2 port data subnetworks symbols D1 and D2 are defined by means of s2p files see Network The parameters of lumped element...

Page 499: ...NA side Furthermore it is possible to Swap Gates i e to instruct the analyzer to swap the VNA and DUT side Note The loaded file is stored in the active channel setup Persisted channel setups contain t...

Page 500: ...S parameter data see Select File The remaining networks Shunt L and Shunt C are defined by lumped elements whose parameters are displayed below the graphical list Tip Drag and drop the network symbol...

Page 501: ...Mory LOAD VNETworks Ch GLOop DEEMbedding MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch GLOop EMBedding Set to Ideal Ground This function is enabled as long as the 1 Port Data network is active An imported S parameter set...

Page 502: ...T ports are on the right side You can define independ ent embedding networks for all balanced ports Remote command The LogPt numeric suffix in the embedding deembedding commands identifies the logical...

Page 503: ...ed as long as the 2 Port Data network is selected This net work is defined by its S parameters stored in a two port Touchstone file s2p No additional parameters are required Note The loaded file is st...

Page 504: ...E 504 User Manual 1178 5966 02 07 Top Default offset calculation Bottom Offset calculation after de embedding GUI mockup Remote command SENSe CORRection EDELay VNETwork Offset Embed Softtool www allic...

Page 505: ...ates an event the usage is stated explicitly Parameter usage If not specified otherwise a parameter can be used to set a value and it is the result of a query Parameters required only for setting are...

Page 506: ...507 OPC 507 OPT 507 PCB 508 PRE 508 PSC 508 RST 508 SRE 509 STB 509 TRG 509 TST 509 WAI 509 CAL Usage Query only CLS Clear status Sets the status byte STB the standard event register ESR and the EVENt...

Page 507: ...contents of the IST flag in decimal form The IST flag is the status bit which is sent during a parallel poll Return values ISTflag 0 1 Usage Query only OPC Operation complete Sets bit 0 in the event s...

Page 508: ...value The query returns the contents of the parallel poll enable register in decimal form Parameters Value Range 0 to 255 PSC Action Power on status clear Determines whether the contents of the ENABl...

Page 509: ...he contents of the status byte in decimal form Usage Query only TRG Trigger Triggers all actions waiting for a trigger event In particular TRG generates a manual trigger signal This common command com...

Page 510: ...S ZNL ZNLE 543 10 3 1 Commands for Remote Instrument Operation The following commands are required to shutdown or reboot the R S ZNL ZNLE from a remote PC SYSTem CLOGging 510 SYSTem REBoot 510 SYSTem...

Page 511: ...ment REName 513 INSTrument SELect 514 DISPlay ATAB State This command switches between the MultiView tab and the most recently displayed channel setup If only one channel setup is active this command...

Page 512: ...e ChannelName1 ChannelType ChannelName2 This command replaces a channel setup with another one Setting parameters ChannelName1 String containing the name of the channel setup you want to replace Chann...

Page 513: ...Result for 3 channel setups ADEM Analog Demod IQ IQ Analyzer IQ IQ Analyzer2 Usage Query only Manual operation See Defining a channel setup on page 93 Table 10 1 Available channel setup types and defa...

Page 514: ...tup types see INSTrument LIST on page 513 ChannelName String containing the name of the channel setup Example INST IQ INST MyIQSpectrum Selects the channel setup named MyIQSpectrum for example before...

Page 515: ...d see SYSTem SEQuencer on page 516 Note In order to synchronize to the end of a sequential measurement using OPC OPC or WAI you must use SINGle Sequence mode Parameters Mode SINGle Each measurement is...

Page 516: ...tivates the Sequencer INIT SEQ MODE SING Sets single Sequencer mode so each active measurement will be performed once INIT SEQ IMM Starts the sequential measurements SYST SEQ OFF Manual operation See...

Page 517: ...alyzer channel INSTrument CREate NEW SANalyzer Spectrum 2 Activate ACLR measurement in channel Spectrum 2 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer SELect ACPower Load W CDMA Standard CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion...

Page 518: ...ESult ACPower 10 3 3 Managing Settings and Results The commands required to store and load instrument settings and import and export measurement results in a remote environment are described here Addr...

Page 519: ...MEMory CATalog 520 MMEMory CATalog LONG 520 MMEMory CDIRectory 521 MMEMory COMMent 521 MMEMory COPY 521 MMEMory DATA 521 MMEMory DELete IMMediate 522 MMEMory MDIRectory 522 MMEMory MOVE 522 MMEMory MS...

Page 520: ...ents Rohde Schwarz ZNL user SPOOL PNG Returns all files in C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL user whose names start with SPOOL have 6 letters and the exten sion PNG e g SPOOL1 PNG SPOOL2 PNG...

Page 521: ...containing the comment Example MMEMory COMMent ACP measurement with Standard Tetra from 23 05 MMEMory MMEMory STORe1 STATe 1 ACP_T As a result in the selection list for recall settings the comment ACP...

Page 522: ...new file called testfile txt MMEM DATA Testfile txt 220Contents of the file The parameter means 2 hash sign and length of the length information 20 bytes 2 digits 20 indicates the number of subsequent...

Page 523: ...e device drive name RST n a MMEMory NAME FileName This command has several purposes depending on the context it is used in It creates a new and empty file It defines the file name for screenshots take...

Page 524: ...d corresponding to the User Name The password is optional Reconnect ON OFF 1 0 ON 1 Reconnects at logon with the same user name OFF 0 Does not reconnect at logon Usage Setting only MMEMory NETWork UNU...

Page 525: ...STATe NEXT 528 MMEMory STORe n TYPE 529 SYSTem PRESet 529 SYSTem PRESet CHANnel EXEC 529 MMEMory CLEar ALL This command deletes all instrument configuration files in the current directory You can sel...

Page 526: ...mmand The contents that are reloaded from the file are defined by the last selection made either in the Save Recall dialogs manual operation or through the MMEMory SELect ITEM commands remote operatio...

Page 527: ...s are retained Reloads user settings and all limit lines Restart the instrument Switch the ON OFF key off and on MMEM LOAD STAT 1 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL user TEST01 Selected items...

Page 528: ...ent configuration in a dfl file Suffix n irrelevant Setting parameters 1 FileName String containing the path and name of the target file The file extension is dfl Example MMEM STOR STAT 1 Save Saves t...

Page 529: ...o be stored SYSTem PRESet This command presets the R S ZNL ZNLE It is identical to RST Example SYST PRES Usage Event SYSTem PRESet CHANnel EXEC This command restores the default instrument settings in...

Page 530: ...ice UNIT 535 HCOPy PAGE ORIentation device 536 HCOPy PAGE WINDow n CHANnel STATe 536 HCOPy PAGE WINDow n COUNt 536 HCOPy PAGE WINDow n SCALe 537 HCOPy PAGE WINDow n STATe 537 HCOPy TDSTamp STATe devic...

Page 531: ...yed on the screen for the current channel setup or MultiView diagrams traces mark ers marker lists limit lines etc including the channel setup bar and status bar for printout on a single page Displaye...

Page 532: ...screenshot HCOP CMAP DEF4 HCOPy DESTination device Destination This command selects the destination of a print job Suffix device Irrelevant Setting parameters Destination MMEM Sends the hardcopy to a...

Page 533: ...BMP JPG PNG Data format for output to files only Example HCOP DEV LANG1 PNG Manual operation See Destination on page 116 HCOPy IMMediate device This command initiates a print job If you are printing...

Page 534: ...13 HCOPy PAGE MARGin device BOTTom Margin This command defines the margin at the bottom of the printout page on which no ele ments are printed The margins are defined according to HCOPy PAGE MARGin de...

Page 535: ...al operation See Margins on page 119 HCOPy PAGE MARGin device TOP Margin This command defines the margin at the top of the printout page on which no elements are printed The margins are defined accord...

Page 536: ...up to be included in the printout for HCOPy CONTent on page 531 Suffix n irrelevant Parameters ChannelName String containing the name of the channel setup For a list of available channel setup types u...

Page 537: ...36 each window is printed in equal size Size to fit 0 OFF Each window is printed as large as possible while maintaining the aspect ratio of the original display Maintain aspect ratio RST 1 Example HCO...

Page 538: ...ate and Time on page 114 SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate FIRSt This command queries the name of the first available printer To query the name of other installed printers use SYSTem COMMunicate PR...

Page 539: ...E Use HCOPy DESTination device to select another output destination Suffix device 1 2 Irrelevant Parameters PrinterName String containing the printer name Use SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate FIRS...

Page 540: ...opying the data to another location MMEM COPY C R_S INSTR USER Results Test001 txt Q Copies the specified file to network drive Q MMEM DEL C R_S INSTR USER Results Test001 txt Deletes the specified fi...

Page 541: ...esides the existing Spectrum channel MMEM SEL CHAN HWS ON Selects only hardware settings to be loaded MMEM LOAD STAT 1 C R_S Instr user Spectrum Loads the channel specific settings from the file C R_S...

Page 542: ...It assumes the Spec trum and I Q Analyzer measurements have already been configured and performed with the following screen layout Spectrum 1 Frequency Sweep Spectrum 2 Spectrogram IQ Analyzer 1 Magn...

Page 543: ...red to set up the R S ZNL ZNLE are described here Configuring the Reference Frequency 543 Calibration and Checks 544 Customizing the Screen Layout 548 Remote Commands for Language Settings 552 Configu...

Page 544: ...547 SOURce si TEMPerature FRONtend 547 CALibration ALL UseData This command initiates a calibration self alignment routine and queries if calibration was successful During the acquisition of correcti...

Page 545: ...t if a microwave calibration signal is selected for input DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect on page 547 Parameters Frequency RST 8 004 GHz Default unit Hz DIAGnostic SERVice INPut MC DISTance Bandwidth...

Page 546: ...SERV INP PULS MCFR 7 1 GHz DIAGnostic SERVice INPut PULSed WBFRequency Frequency Defines the frequency of the internal broadband calibration signal to be used for IF fil ter calibration This command i...

Page 547: ...the self test result table are separated by commas Example DIAG SERV STES RES would return e g Total Selftest Status PASSED Date dd mm yyyy 09 07 2004 TIME 16 24 54 Runtime 00 06 Usage Query only SOUR...

Page 548: ...mmands exclusive to general display settings DISPlay ANNotation CBAR 548 DISPlay BLIGhting 548 DISPlay ANNotation FREQuency 549 DISPlay SBAR STATe 549 DISPlay SKEYs STATe 549 DISPlay TBAR STATe 549 DI...

Page 549: ...e 126 DISPlay SBAR STATe State This command turns the status bar on and off Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1 Example DISP SBAR OFF Manual operation See Status Bar on page 126 DISPlay SKEYs STATe Stat...

Page 550: ...Example DISP TOUC STAT ON Manual operation See Deactivating and Activating the Touchscreen on page 124 DISPlay WINDow n TIME State This command adds or removes the date and time from the display Suff...

Page 551: ...rint colors and thus only take effect on the display colors if the display shows the printing colors HCOPy CMAP it DEFault ci on page 531 Remote commands exclusive to customize the display colors and...

Page 552: ...DISP THEM SEL OceanBlue Manual operation See Theme on page 129 10 3 4 4 Remote Commands for Language Settings SYSTem DISPlay LANGuage 552 SYSTem DISPlay LANGuage Language Defines the language of the s...

Page 553: ...eter factory default 20 Example SYST COMM GPIB ADDR 18 Manual operation See GPIB Address on page 162 SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF RTERminator Terminator This command selects the GPIB receive terminato...

Page 554: ...control operation Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example SYST DISP UPD ON Manual operation See Remote Display Update on page 163 SYSTem ERRor DISPlay State This command the error display during re...

Page 555: ...m LANGuage Language This function is used to emulate previous R S signal and spectrum analyzers Parameters Language FSV SCPI RST SCPI Example SYST LANG FSV The commands and settings for the R S FSV in...

Page 556: ...ining the password Return values Password The query returns the current password Manual operation See LXI Password on page 167 SYSTem REVision FACTory Resets the response to the REV query to the facto...

Page 557: ...erial serial number of the component order order number of the component model model of the component code code of the component revision revision of the component subrevision subrevision of the compo...

Page 558: ...s the error messages that occurred during remote opera tion Note The remote error list is automatically cleared when the R S ZNL ZNLE is shut down Return values SystemMessages String containing all me...

Page 559: ...s IDNFormat NEW FSL R S ZNL ZNLE format Format is also compatible to the R S FSL and R S FSV family RST not reset SYSTem PRESet COMPatible OpMode This command defines the operating mode that is activa...

Page 560: ...vice function you have used Return values Result Usage Query only DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults DELete This command deletes the results of the most recent service function you have used Manual...

Page 561: ...rmation on page 140 SYSTem PASSword CENable arg0 Provides a password for subsequent service functions Parameters arg0 string Example SYST PASS CEN 894129 Manual operation See Password on page 144 SYST...

Page 562: ...s is secondary These differences suggest the peculiarities in the analyzer s remote control concept discussed in the following sections 10 4 2 1 Traces Channels and Diagram Areas Like in manual contro...

Page 563: ...stinguish channel and trace settings using mnemonics or suffixes The active traces are handled as follows After a preset RST the analyzer displays a single diagram area with the default trace no 1 nam...

Page 564: ...ote control it is advisable to follow a different approach in order use the analyz er s resources to full capacity and gain measurement speed The following principles can help to optimize a remote con...

Page 565: ...MARKer Mk STATe ON Trace name string variable used as a reference for the trace CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete Trace Name Trace number Trc as a numeric suffix exception CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME Trace...

Page 566: ...ts IECWIN offers the following features Synchronization with the instrument on every command Checking expected result for query commands as string or numeric value Checking for expected errors codes O...

Page 567: ...rvice Request Enable SRE form the highest level of the status reporting system The STB pro vides a rough overview of the instrument status collecting the information of the lower level registers The S...

Page 568: ...ce no 7 Limit trace no 6 Limit trace no 5 Limit trace no 4 Limit trace no 3 Limit trace no 2 Limit trace no 1 LIMit2 summary 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 STATus QUEStionable LIMit2 Register n...

Page 569: ...xt lower register Its contents always reflect the current instrument state This register part can only be read but not overwritten or cleared Reading the CONDi tion register is nondestructive PTRansit...

Page 570: ...m bit ENAB bit 1 If the associated EVENT bit is 1 the sum bit is set to 1 as well This part can be overwritten and read by the user at will Its contents are not affected by reading The sum bit is obta...

Page 571: ...because it corresponds to the summary bit of the STB The bits in the STB are defined as follows Bit No Meaning 2 Error Queue not empty If this bit is enabled by the SRE each entry of the error queue g...

Page 572: ...on in a single bit It can be queried by means of a Parallel Poll The Parallel Poll Enable PPE register determines which bits of the STB contribute to the IST flag The bits of the STB are ANDed with th...

Page 573: ...age with a number between 200 and 300 which describes the error in greater detail is entered into the error queue 5 Command Error This bit is set if a command which is undefined or syntactically incor...

Page 574: ...summary This bit is set if a bit is set in the STATus QUEStionable LIMit2 register and the associated ENABle bit is set to 1 1 Failed limit check for trace no 1 This bit is set if any point on trace n...

Page 575: ...grity HARDware register and the associated ENABle bit is set to 1 The STATus QUEStionable INTegrity HARDware register can be queried using the commands STATus QUEStionable INTegrity HARDware CONDition...

Page 576: ...switched on Check the GPIB address exclude address conflicts when using several external power meters or other equipment 12 Time grid too close This bit is set if the sweep points for a time sweep ar...

Page 577: ...ters can be set such that arbitrary bits in an arbi trary status register initiate an SRQ To use the possibilities of the service request effectively all bits in the enable registers SRE and ESE shoul...

Page 578: ...ferent instruments to poll the status byte The method also works for instruments which do not adhere to SCPI or IEEE 488 2 The serial poll is mainly used to obtain a fast overview of the state of seve...

Page 579: ...e 40 32 8 indicates that bits no 3 and 5 in the status register e g the QUEStionable status summary bit and the ESB bit in the STB are set Error Queue Each error state in the instrument leads to an en...

Page 580: ...in a command line i e immediately following a PROGRAM MESSAGE TERMINATOR clears the output buffer 10 5 VNA Command Reference This chapter describes the SCPI commands implemented by the VNA mode of th...

Page 581: ...upper case characters the long form of all upper case plus all lower case characters It is recommended to use either the short form or the long form mixed forms are not always recognized The R S ZNL...

Page 582: ...d a numeric suffix is replaced by 1 The marker suffix must be in the range between 1 and 10 the number of ports depends on the analyzer model No restrictions apply to channel trace and diagram suffixe...

Page 583: ...ting is changed i e a subsequent query will return the updated limit violation state Example RST CALC LIM CONT 1 GHZ 2 GHZ Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range between 1 GHz and 2...

Page 584: ...format for the S parameter data see CALCulate Chn DATA ChannelSetup Name of a VNA channel setup Can be omitted if the active VNA channel setup shall be referenced Return values Data Response values e...

Page 585: ...ata format depending on the current FORMat DATA setting The column order must match the one used during export Example See CALCulate Chn DATA CALCulate Ch DATA CALL Format Data The query reads the cur...

Page 586: ...x response values of all traces The traces in the catalog list are read one after another The response array contains n number of points pairs of real and imaginary values for S11 followed by n pairs...

Page 587: ...the current FORMat DATA setting Usage Query only CALCulate Ch DATA MDATa INTerpolate Uses linear inter extrapolation to regrid all memory traces of the related channel to the channel s current stimul...

Page 588: ...race point irrespective of the selected trace format RvCount Number of sweep to be read 1 denotes the last sweep acquired 2 denotes the second last and so forth Range 1 to sweep count defined via SENS...

Page 589: ...p acquired 2 denotes the second and so forth The sweep count in single sweep mode is defined via SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt Range 1 to sweep count FwCountEnd Number of last sweep to be read If this paramete...

Page 590: ...ated channel is in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuousOFF Before the import the target trace must be prepared according to the settings used during export Any request for new data from the hardwa...

Page 591: ...cre ated trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mne monic SENSe1 TRAC COPY MemTrc1 Trc1 CALC PAR SEL MemTrc1 Copy the data trace to a memory trace and select the memory trace as an acti...

Page 592: ...mission tracking 3 S13 SCORr19 Isolation 1 S13 SCORr20 Load match 1 S13 SCORr21 Transmission tracking 1 S13 SCORr22 Isolation 3 S32 SCORr23 Load match 3 S32 SCORr24 Transmission tracking 3 S32 SCORr25...

Page 593: ...horizontal line in the default dB Mag diagram at 10 dB CALC DLIN STAT ON Display the defined horizontal line Manual operation See Response Value on page 415 CALCulate Chn DLINe STATe Boolean Switches...

Page 594: ...in channel no 1 Display the time gate CALCulate1 FILTer GATE TIME STARt 2ns STOP 3 ns Restrict the time gate to the time interval between 2 ns and 3 ns CALCulate FILTer GATE TIME AOFFset ON Activate...

Page 595: ...le the time domain representation and the time gate CALC FILT TIME CENT 0 SPAN 5ns Set the center time to 0 ns and the time span to 5 ns Manual operation See Axis Pair on page 341 CALCulate Chn FILTer...

Page 596: ...Maximum Maximum flatness Bohman RST WIDE Example RST CALC FILT TIME SHAP Reset the instrument and query the type of time gate used The response is WIDE Manual operation See Shape on page 341 CALCulat...

Page 597: ...t unit s Example RST CALC TRAN TIME STAT ON CALC FILT TIME STAT ON Reset the instrument and enable the time domain representation and the time gate CALC FILT TIME STAR 0 STOP 10ns SHOW ON Set the star...

Page 598: ...flatness Bohman DCHebyshev arbitrary gate shape Dolph Chebychev RST HANN Example See CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME DCHebyshev Manual operation See Shape on page 341 CALCulate Chn FORMat The CALCulate...

Page 599: ...ej Phase z where Phase z arctan y x The meaning of the parameters is as follows see also table in CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FORMat description MLINear Displays z in a Cartesian diagram MLOGarithmic MAG...

Page 600: ...e active trace in channel 4 CALC4 FORM WQUT VOLT Select voltage units for the created trace identified by the suffix 4 Manual operation See Show as on page 376 CALCulate GDAPerture The CALCulate GDAPe...

Page 601: ...e Chn LIMit CIRCle SOUNd STATe 604 CALCulate Chn LIMit CLEar 604 CALCulate Chn LIMit CONTrol DATA 605 CALCulate Chn LIMit CONTrol SHIFt 606 CALCulate Chn LIMit DATA 606 CALCulate Chn LIMit DCIRcle STA...

Page 602: ...p Returns a 0 or 1 to indicate whether or not the limit line check has failed for at least one channel in the referenced channel setup 0 represents pass and 1 represents fail Query parameters ChannelS...

Page 603: ...Defines a circle limit lines by its center coordinates and its radius Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters CenterX Range Virtually no restriction for center coordinat...

Page 604: ...used to identify the active trace Example See CALCulate Chn LIMit CIRCle STATe Usage Query only Manual operation See Limit Check on page 411 CALCulate Chn LIMit CIRCle SOUNd STATe Boolean Switches th...

Page 605: ...s depending on the CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg TYPE setting CALCulate Ch LIMit CONTrol DATA does not overwrite the type setting Tip To define additional new limit line segments without overwriting...

Page 606: ...fines the limit line type the stimulus and response values for a limit line with an arbi trary number of limit line segments See Chapter 8 4 1 1 Rules for Limit Line Defini tion on page 231 Note In co...

Page 607: ...Parameters Boolean If set to ON only trace points within the display circle are shown at the GUI whenever the related trace is displayed in complex format Manual operation See Limit to Circle On Off...

Page 608: ...een 1 GHz and 1 5 GHz using default response values CALC LIM DATA 1 1500000000 2000000000 2 3 Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range between 1 5 GHz and 2 GHz assigning response valu...

Page 609: ...lue ResponseValue CALCulate Chn LIMit UPPer DATA StartResponse StopResponse StartResponse StopResponse Sets gets the response y axis values of the lower upper limit lines and or creates new limit line...

Page 610: ...lus range is set to the entire sweep range See CALCulate Chn LIMit CONTrol DATA on how to change the stimulus values of a limit line segment Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace...

Page 611: ...ified the ana lyzer uses the active trace no Chn Example CALC LIM LOW FEED 1 GHZ 10 Use the stimulus values of the active trace shifted by 1 GHz to the right and decreased by 10 dB to create a lower l...

Page 612: ...t List on page 403 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STARt Response CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STOP Response These commands change the start or the stop response values i e the...

Page 613: ...8 4 1 1 Rules for Limit Line Definition on page 231 Tip To define the stimulus values of several limit line segments with a single com mand use CALCulate Chn LIMit CONTrol DATA Suffix Chn Channel numb...

Page 614: ...e LMIN LMAX OFF Limit line type Range LMAX upper limit line segment LMIN lower limit line segment OFF limit check switched off limit line segment not deleted RST LMAX Example RST CALC LIM UPP 0 0 Defi...

Page 615: ...ulate Chn LIMit STATe AREA HorizontalPos VerticalPos Moves the limit check pass fail message for the active trace Chn to one of nine pre defined positions in the active diagram Suffix Chn Channel numb...

Page 616: ...Eak EXCursion STATe 620 CALCulate Chn MARKer MPEak THReshold 620 CALCulate Chn MARKer MPEak THReshold STATe 620 CALCulate Chn MARKer SEARch BFILter RESult STATe 621 CALCulate Chn MARKer SEARch BFILter...

Page 617: ...e suitable coupling type before setting CALCulate MARKer COUPled STATe to ON Parameters Boolean ON OFF enables or disables marker coupling RST OFF Example Suppose that the active channel setup contain...

Page 618: ...the passband or stopband Parameters arg0 ON use geometric mean of lower and upper band edge OFF use arithmetic mean RST n a RST does not affect the calculation rule the factory setting is ON geometri...

Page 619: ...LINPhase MLPHase LOGPhase MDPHase IMPedance ADMittance MIMPedance DEFault means the default marker format is dynamically adjus ted to the selected trace format CALCulate Chn FORMat For the other marke...

Page 620: ...r MPEak EXCursion to set the minimum peak excur sion Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Active Boolean Manual operation See Excursion Settings on page 431 CALCulate...

Page 621: ...n See Result Off on page 436 CALCulate Chn MARKer SEARch BFILter RESult STATe AREA HorizontalPos VerticalPos Moves the bandfilter search info field for the active trace Chn to one of nine prede fined...

Page 622: ...example below The response to the query CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk BWIDth contains the following bandfilter search results Bandwidth bandwidth of the bandpass bandstop region Center stimulus frequency a...

Page 623: ...ilter search fails so that no valid results are available CALC MARK SEAR BFIL RES AREA LEFT TOP For a subsequent check at the GUI or a hardcopy move the info field to the top left position Manual oper...

Page 624: ...ursion to a format specific default value Manual operation See Excursion Settings on page 429 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk EXCursion STATe Boolean Activates or deactivates the marker specific minimum excur...

Page 625: ...st to manual control bandfilter tracking is not automatically activated Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk This numeric suffix is ignored and may be set to any value becaus...

Page 626: ...number Parameters NumSearchRange Number of the search range Range 0 to 10 where 0 refers to the fixed full span search range equal to the sweep range and 1 to 10 refer to user definable search ranges...

Page 627: ...weep range depending on the instrument model and on the sweep type Default unit NN Example See CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER RANGe Manual operation See Search Range on page 427 CALCulat...

Page 628: ...the left NPEak Next highest or lowest value among the valid peaks next peak TARGet Target value see CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk TARGet RTARget Next target value to the right of the current marker position...

Page 629: ...frequency range Usage Event Manual operation See Center Marker Start Marker Stop Marker Span Marker on page 421 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion STARt CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion STOP These comma...

Page 630: ...ete mode and marker 2 in continuous mode CALC MARK ON MARK2 ON Display the two markers Due to the different modes the horizon tal positions can be different Manual operation See Discrete on page 419 C...

Page 631: ...r the complex value of the reference marker Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk This numeric suffix is ignored and may be set to any value Parameters OutFormat DEFault MLINe...

Page 632: ...l positions can be different Manual operation See Discrete on page 419 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence NAME MarkerName Defines a name for the reference marker The marker doesn t have to be created b...

Page 633: ...s numeric suffix is ignored and may be set to any value Parameters StimulusValue If the marker mode of the related marker is ARBitrary and the trace format is complex Polar Smith inverted Smith this i...

Page 634: ...sible in ARBitrary mode see CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence TYPE For NORMal and FIXed mode markers it is read only Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk This numeric suffix...

Page 635: ...SearchFormat Selects the format in which the target value shall be specified see CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk TARGet on page 637 Each marker may have a different target format The table below gives an ove...

Page 636: ...at to dB magnitude CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion TARGet Query for the default target value for dB magnitude this is 0 dB CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion TARGet 3 Set the target value to 3 dB CALCulate1 MARK...

Page 637: ...X Query the stimulus value corresponding to the target search result Manual operation See Target Value on page 432 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk THReshold Value Defines a marker specific threshold value fo...

Page 638: ...er at the position determined by the cur rent stimulus and response value The response value stored with the marker is not adjusted to subsequent sweeps Tracking is disabled Stimulus and response valu...

Page 639: ...StimulusValue If the marker mode of the related marker is ARBitrary and the trace format is complex Polar Smith inverted Smith this is the real part Re zM of the marker value zM In any other case it i...

Page 640: ...onseValue Setting ARBitrary mode only sets the vertical position of the marker in Y units of the current trace format Query returns the marker position formatted according to the current marker format...

Page 641: ...e Chn MATH STATe must be set to ON The expression in the second command refers to formatted trace data In order to apply it CALCulate Chn MATH FORMatted FUNCtion must be set to NORMal and CALCulate Ch...

Page 642: ...FUNCtion Mode Defines a simple mathematical trace based on the active trace and its active memory trace The first command applies to raw unformatted trace data complex data the second to formatted tr...

Page 643: ...l order and Data_Trace is the name of the associated copied data trace The exact function of the command depends on the number of memory traces associ ated to the active data trace If no memory trace...

Page 644: ...efault trace Trc1 to a memory trace named Mem2 Trc1 The memory trace is not dis played CALC MATH SDEF Trc1 Mem2 Trc1 Define a mathematical trace dividing the complex data trace by the stored complex m...

Page 645: ...Ded 646 CALCulate Ch PARameter DEFine SGRoup 646 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete 648 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete CALL 649 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete CMEMory 649 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete SGRoup...

Page 646: ...esponse is CH4TR1 S11 Usage Query only CALCulate Ch PARameter CATalog SENDed Returns the trace names and measurement parameters of all traces assigned to a par ticular channel Similar to CALCulate Ch...

Page 647: ...port1 1 log_port2 2 If only one logical port log_port1 is specified a single trace with the reflection coefficient S log_port1 log_port1 is created Trace names The generated traces are assigned the fo...

Page 648: ...e Ch PARameter DELete TraceName Deletes a trace with a specified trace name and channel Suffix Ch Channel number Setting parameters TraceName Trace name e g Trc4 See Rules for trace names in Chap ter...

Page 649: ...er DEFine SGRoup Usage Event CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure TraceName Result Assigns a measurement result to an existing trace The query returns the result assigned to the specified trace no second pa...

Page 650: ...y the measured quantity The response is A1D1SAM Manual operation See S Parameter selector on page 364 CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure SENDed TraceName Result Assigns a measurement result to an existing...

Page 651: ...annels and traces including the traces that are not displayed Tip This command has no query form Use CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure TraceName to query the measurement result of the trace CALCulate Ch...

Page 652: ...alanced and S single ended unbalanced are allowed Y11 YSS11 YCC11 YDD11 Z11 ZSS11 ZCC11 ZDD11 Short circuit Y parameters and open circuit Z parameters with port modes and port numbers like for normal...

Page 653: ...CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect TraceName Selects an existing trace as the active trace of the channel All trace commands with out explicit reference to the trace name act on the active trace e g CALCu...

Page 654: ...ipple limit check CALCulate RIPPle DISPlay RESult ALL STATe 654 CALCulate RIPPle FAIL ALL 655 CALCulate Chn RIPPle CLEar 655 CALCulate Chn RIPPle CONTrol DOMain 655 CALCulate Chn RIPPle DATA 656 CALCu...

Page 655: ...Ear Resets the limit check results for the ripple test Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Usage Event Manual operation See Clear Test on page 408 CALCulate Chn RIPPle CONTrol...

Page 656: ...Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg commands to change existing ripple limits Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters RippleLimRange Parameter list in the format Type StartStimulus S...

Page 657: ...ge in the stimulus range between 1 5 GHz and 2 GHz assigning a ripple limit of 3 dB Define and enable a second ripple limit range in the stimulus range between 2 GHz and 3 GHz assigning a ripple limit...

Page 658: ...e Chn RIPPle RDOMain FORMat UnitRef Deletes the existing ripple limit ranges and re defines the physical unit of the ripple limit The units of the stimulus values are defined via CALCulate Chn RIPPle...

Page 659: ...imit check in the ripple limit range no Seg Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Seg Number of the ripple limit range Parameters Boolean ON OFF Limit check on or off A result is...

Page 660: ...ed once at the end of each sweep If the ripple limits are changed a new sweep is required to obtain upda ted ripple limit check results In single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF the new sweep mu...

Page 661: ...triction for ripple limit ranges RST n a no ripple limit line defined after a reset Default unit NN Example RST CALC RIPP DATA 1 1500000000 2000000000 3 Define and enable a ripple limit range in the s...

Page 662: ...fo field for the active trace Chn to one of nine predefined positions in the active diagram Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters HorizontalPos LEFT MID RIGHt Horizont...

Page 663: ...C SMO APER 0 5 Reduce the smoothing aperture to 0 5 Manual operation See Aperture on page 355 CALCulate STATistics The CALCulate STATistics commands evaluate and display statistical and phase informat...

Page 664: ...lts in addition CALC STAT SFL ON Display the Flatness Gain Slope results in addition CALC STAT STAT AREA LEFT TOP For a subsequent check at the GUI or a hardcopy move the info field to the top left po...

Page 665: ...t 1GHZ STOP 2GHZ SHOW ON Select evaluation range no 1 and define the evaluation range between 1 GHz and 2 GHz Display the range limit lines Manual operation See Evaluation Range on page 353 CALCulate...

Page 666: ...n STATistics STATe Manual operation See Min Max Peak Peak Mean Std Dev RMS on page 350 CALCulate Chn STATistics FORMat Format For complex valued traces Smith Polar this determines how the MEAN STDDev...

Page 667: ...rving the order used above The data is returned as a comma separated list of real numbers The unit is the default unit of the measured parameter see CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine but may also depend...

Page 668: ...aram 671 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam CONTinuous 672 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam EXTRapolate 672 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPFRequency 673 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIM...

Page 669: ...for wave quantities and S parameters Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Model TWAVes PWAVes TWAVes travelling waves PWAVes power waves RST TWAVes Example See SENSe...

Page 670: ...999 s Increment 0 1 ns RST 1 5E 009 s Default unit s Example RST CALC TRAN TIME STAT ON Reset the instrument activating a frequency sweep and enable the time domain transformation for the default trac...

Page 671: ...tify the active trace Parameters Algorithm KFSTop KDFRequency KSDFrequency KFSTop keep stop frequency and number of points KDFRequency keep frequency gap and number of points KSDfrequency keep stop fr...

Page 672: ...lation to be more trustworthy CALC TRAN TIME RES EFAC 3 Select a resolution enhancement factor of 3 in order to improve the resolution in time domain Manual operation See DC Value on page 339 CALCulat...

Page 673: ...sform TIME RESolution EFACtor REfactor Defines the resolution enhancement factor for the time domain transform Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters REfactor Resolutio...

Page 674: ...r the default trace CALC TRAN TIME STAR 0 STOP 10 ns Set the start time to 0 ns and the stop time to 10 ns Manual operation See Time Start Time Stop Time Center Time Span on page 292 Note If the x axi...

Page 675: ...omain Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters StopTime Stop time of the diagram Range 99 999999999998 s to 100 s Increment 0 1 ns RST 4E 009 s Default unit s Example See...

Page 676: ...and enable the time domain transformation for the default trace CALC TRAN TIME XAX DIST Convert the x axis scaling to distance units Manual operation See Time Distance on page 293 CALCulate TRANsform...

Page 677: ...e type Must be unique among all DtF cable types with case insensitive match CblPermittivity Relative permittivity r of the cable type CblAtt i Attenuation value i in the frequency dependent attenuatio...

Page 678: ...able Selects one of the available predefined or user defined cable types for Distance to Fault measurements Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters DtfSelectCable Name o...

Page 679: ...ulate Chn TRANsform DTFault PEAK DATA FaultNo If the active trace of channel Chn is a Distance to Fault DtF trace and DtF limit checking is enabled this query returns the peak data of DtF limit violat...

Page 680: ...ld If the active trace of channel Chn is a Distance to Fault DtF trace this command allows to set the fault limit for DtF limit checking Use CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault PEAK STATe to enable DtF li...

Page 681: ...t STARt 0 STOP 100 widens the DtF distance window to 100m CALCulate1 TRANsform DTFault POINts starts the Auto Number of Points calculation Now SENSe1 SWEep POINts returns an increased number of sweep...

Page 682: ...ion See Distance to Fault on page 343 CALCulate TRANsform VNETworks The CALCulate TRANsform VNETworks commands define the circuit models for single ended and balanced port de embedding and activate th...

Page 683: ...t model Pictogram SCST Shunt C serial Touchstone s2p data CSSL Serial Cs shunt L LSSC Serial Ls shunt C CSSC Serial Cs shunt C LSSL Serial Ls shunt L SLCS Shunt L serial Cs SCLS Shunt C serial Ls SCCS...

Page 684: ...cuit model Pictogram SLLS Shunt L serial Ls STSG Serial Touchstone s2p data shunt C SGST Shunt C serial Touchstone s2p data GSSL Serial Cs shunt L LSSG Serial Ls shunt C GSSG Serial Cs shunt C SLGS Sh...

Page 685: ...serial Cs Table 10 10 Circuit models for single ended port embedding deembedding Parameter Circuit model Pictogram FIMPort File import generic 2 port no circuit model CSL Serial C shunt L LSC Serial...

Page 686: ...Parameter Circuit model Pictogram SCL Shunt C serial L SCC Shunt C serial C SLL Shunt L serial L SHLC Shunt L shunt C GSL Serial C shunt L LSG Serial L shunt C GSG Serial C shunt C SGL Shunt C serial...

Page 687: ...Pictogram SLG Shunt L serial C SGG Shunt C serial C Table 10 11 Circuit models for ground loop port embedding deembedding Parameter Circuit model Pictogram FIMPort File import no circuit model SL Shu...

Page 688: ...LogPt STATe 695 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding LogPt PARameters C Cmp 695 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding LogPt PARameters DATA Port 696 CALCulate Ch TRANsfor...

Page 689: ...ng ListId PARameters G 1 2 3 711 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters L 1 2 3 712 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters R 1 2 3 713 CALCu...

Page 690: ...its parameters while deembedding is enabled Suffix Ch Channel number LogPt Logical port number balanced port Parameters Boolean ON deembedding active OFF deembedding inactive RST OFF Example RST SOUR...

Page 691: ...pF CALC TRAN VNET BAL DEEM PAR C2 CSSL 2 2E 12 Increase the capacitance to 2 2 pF Manual operation See Network on page 498 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters DATA...

Page 692: ...sing port sequence high port numbers towards VNA low port numbers towards DUT arg1 block_data Content of a Touchstone file s2p or s4p in IEEE488 2 Block Data Format Usage Setting only CALCulate Ch TRA...

Page 693: ...must be omitted The command returns the inductance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number LogPt Logical port number balanced port Cmp Number of inductance in circuit model The...

Page 694: ...M Increment 1 m 1E 3 RST 0 for all resistances connected in series with an inductance 10 M for all resistances connected in parallel with a capacitance Default unit Parameters for setting and query Ci...

Page 695: ...RST OFF Example RST SOUR LPOR1 1 2 LPOR2 3 4 Define a balanced port configuration CALC TRAN VNET BAL EMB TND CSSL Select the Serial Cs shunt L circuit model for embedding CALC TRAN VNET BAL EMB PAR R3...

Page 696: ...AL EMB PAR C2 CSSL 2 2E 12 Increase the capacitance to 2 2 pF Manual operation See Network on page 498 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding LogPt PARameters DATA Port Interchange arg1 D...

Page 697: ...reasing port sequence high port numbers towards VNA low port numbers towards DUT arg1 block_data Content of a Touchstone file s2p or s4p in IEEE488 2 Block Data Format Usage Setting only CALCulate Ch...

Page 698: ...must be omitted The command returns the inductance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number LogPt Logical port number balanced port Cmp Number of inductance in circuit model The...

Page 699: ...10 M Increment 1 m 1E 3 RST 0 for all resistances connected in series with an inductance 10 M for all resistances connected in parallel with a capacitance Default unit Parameters for setting and query...

Page 700: ...balanced port Parameters Boolean ON OFF embedding active or inactive RST OFF Manual operation See Active on page 484 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters C Cmp Cir...

Page 701: ...wards DUT IPORts SGATes Inverted port sequence network port 2 towards VNA network port 1 towards DUT SParamTrcs block_data Content of a two port Touchstone file s2p in IEEE488 2 Block Data Format Usag...

Page 702: ...ted Inductance Range 1 H to 1 H Increment 1 pH 1E 12 H RST 1 nH 1E 9 H Default unit H Manual operation See Network on page 502 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters...

Page 703: ...ge the circuit model and its parameters while deembedding is enabled Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Boolean ON Deembedding active OFF Deembedding inactive RST OFF Example CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM...

Page 704: ...odel Conductance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop DEEMbedding PARameters G CircuitModel Specifies the conductance value G in the different circuit models for ground loop embedding Suffix Ch Chan...

Page 705: ...Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop DEEMbedding PARameters R CircuitModel Specifies the resistance value R in the different circuit models for ground loop deem bedding Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Res...

Page 706: ...oops It is allowed to change the circuit model and its parameters while embedding is enabled Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Boolean ON Embedding active OFF Embedding inactive RST OFF Example CALC...

Page 707: ...odel Conductance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop EMBedding PARameters G CircuitModel Specifies the conductance value G in the different circuit models for ground loop embedding Suffix Ch Channe...

Page 708: ...h TRANsform VNETworks GLOop EMBedding PARameters R CircuitModel Specifies the resistance value R in the different circuit models for ground loop embed ding Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Resistan...

Page 709: ...to disable and re enable the configured deembedding embedding balanced ports and port impedance settings for the selected channel Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Enable Manual operation See Fixtu...

Page 710: ...First PP_Second PP_First Creates one or more port pairs for port set deembedding The command can be used repeatedly to extend or partially overwrite the list of port sets for deembedding See CALCulate...

Page 711: ...set to 1 Parameters Capacitance Capacitance Ci Range 1 mF to 1 mF Increment 1 fF 1E 15 F RST 1 pF 1E 12 F Default unit F Parameters for setting and query CircuitModel STSC SCST CSSL LSSC CSSC SLCS SCL...

Page 712: ...LCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters L 1 2 3 CircuitModel Inductance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters L 1 2 3 CircuitModel Specifies t...

Page 713: ...ified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number ListId Index of the affected port pair see CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId DEFine 1 2 3 1 2 3 Index i of the resistance R i in th...

Page 714: ...EMBedding ListId STATe Boolean Enables or disables the embedding function for port set ListId It is allowed to change the embedding network while embedding is enabled Suffix Ch Channel number ListId I...

Page 715: ...d consecutively i e port set ListId can only be created if port set ListId 1 already exists If several port pairs are specified ListId is the number of the first port pair to be created Parameters PP_...

Page 716: ...suffix is set to 1 Parameters Capacitance Capacitance Ci Range 1 mF to 1 mF Increment 1 fF 1E 15 F RST 1 pF 1E 12 F Default unit F Parameters for setting and query CircuitModel STSC SCST CSSL LSSC CS...

Page 717: ...VNETworks PPAir EMBedding ListId STATe Manual operation See Network on page 496 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir EMBedding ListId PARameters R 1 2 3 arg0 Resistance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETw...

Page 718: ...RANsform VNETworks PPAir EMBedding ListId PARameters G 1 2 3 arg0 Specifies the conductance value G i in the different lumped circuit models for port pair embedding In the query form the Conductance p...

Page 719: ...EEMbedding ListId DEFine Port1 Port2 Port3 Port4 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PSET EMBedding ListId DEFine Port1 Port2 Defines port set ListId for port set deembedding embedding Note that port pai...

Page 720: ...k and enable deembedding Manual operation See Active on page 478 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt PARameters C Cmp CircuitModel Capacitance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks S...

Page 721: ...etwork for a single ended port based on the given S Parame ter traces Use CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt TNDefinition to select the adequate circuit model before executing t...

Page 722: ...efault unit Siemens SI unit symbol S Parameters for setting and query CircuitModel SHLC Circuit model whose conductance G Cmp shall be set see Table 10 10 Example RST CALC TRAN VNET SEND DEEM PAR L SH...

Page 723: ...See Network on page 493 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt PARameters R Cmp CircuitModel Resistance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt PARameters R Cmp C...

Page 724: ...he circuit model for single ended port deembedding Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port number Parameters CircuitModel FIMPort CSL LSC CSC LSL SLC SCL SCC SLL SHLC GSL LSG GSG SLG SGL SGG Poss...

Page 725: ...meter must be omitted The command returns the capacitance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port number Cmp Number of capacitance in circuit model The total...

Page 726: ...ent 1 pS 1E 12 S RST 0 S Default unit Siemens SI unit symbol S Parameters for setting and query CircuitModel GSL LSG GSG SLG SGL SGG SHLC Circuit model whose conductance G Cmp shall be set see Table 1...

Page 727: ...on See Network on page 493 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters R Cmp CircuitModel Resistance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters R Cmp Cir...

Page 728: ...umber PhyPt Physical port number Parameters CircuitModel FIMPort CSL LSC CSC LSL SLC SCL SCC SLL SHLC GSL LSG GSG SLG SGL SGG Possible circuit models character data see Table 10 10 RST CSL Example See...

Page 729: ...CHANnel MEASure ALL STATe 730 CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe 730 CONFigure CHANnel Ch MEASure STATe 731 CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME 731 CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME ID 731 CONFigure CHANnel Ch TRACe REName 732...

Page 730: ...ous Single on page 320 CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe Boolean Creates or deletes channel no Ch and selects it as the active channel CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME defines the channel name A channel created wit...

Page 731: ...e Continuous Single on page 320 CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME ChannelName Assigns a name to channel number Ch The channel must be created before CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe ON Moreover it is not possible t...

Page 732: ...ce_2 S11 Create a new trace which will become the active trace in chan nel no 1 CONF TRAC REN Testtrace_1 Testtrace_3 Rename the first trace which is currently not active Test trace_3 Usage Setting on...

Page 733: ...is 1 Trc1 CONF TRAC NAME ID Ch2Trc2 Query the trace number for the trace named Ch2Trc2 The response is 2 CONF TRAC2 NAME Query the trace name for trace no 2 The response is Ch2Trc2 CONF TRAC CHAN NAM...

Page 734: ...P WIND2 TRAC3 FEED Trc2 Display the trace in the new diagram no 2 assigning the trace number 3 CONF TRAC WIND Trc2 Query the diagram number for Trc2 The response is 2 CONF TRAC WIND TRAC Trc2 Query th...

Page 735: ...rameters TraceName Trace name e g Ch2Trc2 RST Trc1 Example See CONFigure TRACe CATalog CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME ID TraceName Queries the trace number numeric suffix of a trace with known trace name CO...

Page 736: ...which can be used to differentiate between up to 255 independent analyzer states CONTrol AUXiliary C DATA itself does not change the analyzer state Channel bit definition and activation The channel b...

Page 737: ...nal at pin 9 3 output signal at pins 8 and 9 255 output signal at pins 8 9 10 11 16 17 18 19 Range 0 to 255 RST 0 no signal Example RST CONT AUX C 1 Assign the channel bit value 1 to the active channe...

Page 738: ...d trace information on the screen Trace display Traces are identified by a string parameter defining the trace name e g CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect TraceName In the DISPlay subsys tem traces are ass...

Page 739: ...DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr SHOW 746 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr X OFFSet 747 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y SCALe AUTO 747 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y SCALe BOTTom 748 DISPlay WINDow Wnd...

Page 740: ...th UPPer LOWer LOSS QFACtor QFA3 HEADer Bandfilter search result see Display Elements of a VNA Dia gram Manual operation See Content Selection on page 398 DISPlay IWINdow MARKer Mk STATe TraceName Boo...

Page 741: ...d the command returns a list of all diagrams Example RST DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram no 2 DISP WIND2 NAME S11 Test Diagram Assign a name to the new diagram DISP CAT Query all diagrams and their...

Page 742: ...ize Diagram on page 391 DISPlay WINDow Wnd OVERview STATe Boolean Enables the zoom function with an additional overview window for the diagram no Wnd or removes the overview window from a diagram Suff...

Page 743: ...t short enough to be displayed in the diagrams Example RST DISP WIND TITL DATA S21 Test Diagram Define a title for the default diagram area The title is displayed below the top of the diagram area DIS...

Page 744: ...a no 2 assigning the trace number 9 to it DISP WIND2 TRAC9 DELete Release the assignment between trace no 9 and window no 2 The trace can still be referenced with its trace name Ch4Tr1 Usage Event DIS...

Page 745: ...g the program example below an error message 114 Header suffix out of range is generated You can open the Trace Manager dialog to obtain an overview of all channels and traces including the traces tha...

Page 746: ...s ignored the command affects traces in all diagram areas WndTr Trace number This suffix is ignored the trace is referenced by its name Parameters TraceName DALL all data traces MALL all memory traces...

Page 747: ...page 356 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y SCALe AUTO Activate TraceName Displays the entire trace in the diagram area leaving an appropriate display margin The trace can be referenced either by its n...

Page 748: ...he lower bottom and upper top edge of the diagram area Wnd Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON This suffix is ignored if the optional TraceNam...

Page 749: ...n value is entered the current RLEVel is kept the same while the top and bottom scaling is adjusted for the new PDIVision value Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPla...

Page 750: ...PDIVision The trace can be refer enced either by its number WndTr or by its name TraceName Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON This suffix is...

Page 751: ...ition is the point on the y axis which should equal the RLEVel Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON This suffix is ignored if the optional Trac...

Page 752: ...fies all points of the trace WndTr by means of an added and or a multiplied complex constant The response values M of the trace are transformed according to Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram ar...

Page 753: ...raceName parameter is used Parameters Boolean Enable or disable the zoom OFF also restores the original dia gram size after a zoom function was applied OFF TraceName Optional string parameter for the...

Page 754: ...window Range See description above RST Start or stop of the analyzer s sweep range Default unit NN TraceName Optional string parameter for the trace name e g Trc4 If this optional parameter is presen...

Page 755: ...rmation element s RST ON Example RST DISP ANN TRAC OFF CHAN ON FREQ OFF Create diagram area no 1 with default trace and hide the trace list Keep the channel list but hide the swept frequency range Man...

Page 756: ...w horizontal layouts or column by column vertical lay outs A horizontal layout consists of N rows each of height hi i 1 to N The heights are defined in units relative to the total height of the screen...

Page 757: ...scriptor dis tinguishes between horizontal and vertical layouts and defines the number of rows or columns A RepeatFormat descriptor follows for each row or colum in the lay out The RepeatFormat descri...

Page 758: ...ut into one of the diagrams of a main lay out Main layout and sub layout must be defined previously preferably using DISPlay LAYout DEFine Note The maximum number of joined levels within a layout is 1...

Page 759: ...at DATA In particular it affects trace data transferred by means of the commands in the TRACe system Parameters TransferFormat ASCii REAL ASCii numeric data is transferred as ASCII bytes The numbers a...

Page 760: ...uous 762 INITiate IMMediate ALL Starts a new single sweep sequence in all channels This command is available in sin gle sweep mode only INITiate CONTinuous ALLOFF The data of the last sweep or of prev...

Page 761: ...Culate Chn DATA NSWeep FIRSt SDATa count Note In contrast to all other commands of the VNA mode the INITiate Ch IMMediate commands have been implemented for overlap ped execution Suffix Ch Channel num...

Page 762: ...Activate single sweep mode for the first channel The measure ment in channel no 1 is stopped after the current sweep Chan nel no 2 is still measured continuously INIT1 Activate a new single sweep in c...

Page 763: ...ON INST NSEL Create channel no 2 and select it as the active channel The query returns 2 INSTrument PORT COUNt Returns the number of test ports Port 1 Port 2 of the analyzer Example INST PORT COUN Re...

Page 764: ...ection 766 MMEMory LOAD CABLe 767 MMEMory LOAD CKIT 767 MMEMory LOAD CKIT SDATa 768 MMEMory LOAD CKIT SDATa WLABel 769 MMEMory LOAD CKIT UDIRectory 770 MMEMory LOAD CORRection 770 MMEMory LOAD CORRect...

Page 765: ...ert and copy the factory calibration data of the active cali bration unit to the specified writable directory Usage Setting only Manual operation See Apply Cancel on page 446 MMEMory AKAL USER CONVers...

Page 766: ...r type name label and gender of a cal kit defined in the specified cal kit file Query parameters CalKitFile Path to the cal kit file either absolute or relative to the current directory see MMEMory CD...

Page 767: ...ables to update existing and create new user defined cable types Usage Setting only Options R S ZNL K3 Manual operation See Add Delete on page 348 MMEMory LOAD CKIT CalKitFile Loads cal kit data from...

Page 768: ...parameters StandardLabel String parameter addressing a particular calibration standard by its label An empty string means that no label is defined TouchstoneFile String parameter to specify name and...

Page 769: ...means that no label is defined StandardType MMTHrough MFTHrough FFTHrough MMLine MMLine1 MMLine2 MMLine3 MFLine MFLine1 MFLine2 MFLine3 FFLine FFLine1 FFLine2 FFLine3 MMATten MFATten FFATten MMSNetwo...

Page 770: ...s All cal kit files in the specified directory will be re loaded automatically as predefined kits i e read only kits which cannot be modified every time the VNA application is started Parameters Direc...

Page 771: ...ponse Calgroup1 cal MMEM LOAD CORR RES 2 Calgroup1 cal Resolve the pool link between channel 2 and the cal group file MMEM LOAD CORR 2 Query the cal group file for channel 2 Response MMEM DEL CORR Cal...

Page 772: ...eate a default calibration data set for the selected calibration type and store the data to a cal group file CORR COLL METH DEF Query the active calibrations for channel 1 The response is FRTR0104 the...

Page 773: ...sOffset ResponseOffset LimLineType are only relevant for Touchstone files For limit files no optional parameters can be set Setting parameters TraceName Name of an existing trace in the active channel...

Page 774: ...D LIM TRC2 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz Vna LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Load the previously created limit line file and assign the limit lines to Trc2 MMEM STOR TRAC TRC1 C Users Public Docume...

Page 775: ...Lim_Trc1 limit Store the ripple limit definition of Trc1 to a ripple limit file MMEM LOAD RIPP TRC2 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz Vna LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Load the previously created rip...

Page 776: ...rameters DestinationTraceName Name of an existing data trace in the active channel setup string parameter The trace data is loaded into a memory trace associated with the specified data trace If one o...

Page 777: ...n See Import Data to New Mem on page 358 MMEMory LOAD TRACe AUTO TraceFile Loads the specified trace file and automatically distributes the imported S parameter traces Sij to all diagrams in the activ...

Page 778: ...queried using MMEMory CDIRectory Port PMAin PSECondary Port assignment for two 2 port s2p files PMAin Port 1 PSECondary Port 2 The ports must be specified for the import of 2 port s2p files they must...

Page 779: ...res a single 4 port s4p file but no additional port assignment Use CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding LogPt TNDefinition to select the adequate circuit model before executing this com...

Page 780: ...AL EMB2 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz Vna VNET Test s2p PMA Load a Touchstone file and assign it to logical port no 2 Manual operation See File Name i Swap Gates on page 481 MMEMory LOAD VNET...

Page 781: ...parameter to specify the name and directory of the loaded Touchstone file If no path is specified the analyzer searches the current direc tory which can be set and queried using MMEMory CDIRectory Ex...

Page 782: ...hstone file The port pair circuit models STSL STSC SLST SCST require two s2p files to be assigned to the different ports PMAin and PSECondary The FIMPort model requires a single s4p file but no additi...

Page 783: ...s effect if the embedding model of port set ListId actually involves Touchstone files The query returns the name of the loaded file Suffix Ch Channel number ListId Index of the port set within the cha...

Page 784: ...B2 TND STSL Select the Serial Touchstone s2p data shunt L circuit mode for the second port pair MMEM LOAD VNET PPA EMB2 C Rohde Schwarz Vna Traces Test s2p PMA Load a Touchstone file and assign it to...

Page 785: ...port no 2 Manual operation See File Name 1 Swap Gates on page 479 MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch SENDed EMBedding PhyPt TouchstoneFile Interchange Loads data from a specified two port s2p Touchstone file...

Page 786: ...ilently overwrites files of the same name previously existing in the output direc tory Setting parameters OutputDir Output Directory must be created before the command is exe cuted Example see MMEMory...

Page 787: ...r ideal kits KitLabel Label of the calibration kit usually its serial number CalKitFile String parameter to specify the name and directory of the cal kit file to be created The file is a NWA specific...

Page 788: ...ueried with MMEMory CDIRectory Example See MMEMory LOAD LIMit Usage Setting only Manual operation See Recall Save on page 404 MMEMory STORe MARKer AsciiFile Saves the values of all markers to an ASCII...

Page 789: ...e Setting only Manual operation See Recall Ripple Test Save Ripple Test on page 410 MMEMory STORe SEGMent Channel SweepSegFile Saves the sweep segment definition of the related channel to a an ASCII f...

Page 790: ...S parameters the trc_name is ignored If no path is specified the analyzer uses the current directory to be queried with MMEMory CDIRectory FormatInd FORMatted UNFormatted UNFormatted unformatted data...

Page 791: ...file s2p s3p the channel must contain traces for the full set of S parameters If no path is specified the analyzer uses the C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz Vna Traces directory FormatInd FORMa...

Page 792: ...on page 361 MMEMory STORe TRACe OPTion PLUS arg0 This command defines how positive numbers are prefixed during Touchstone file export by a leading space a plus sign or not at all Parameters arg0 SPACe...

Page 793: ...uchstone file export on page 239 Setting parameters Channel Channel number in the active channel setup TouchstoneFile String parameter to specify the name and directory of the cre ated Touchstone file...

Page 794: ...dances and store them to a two port Touchstone file Usage Setting only Manual operation See Save on page 361 10 5 2 11 OUTPut Commands The OUTPut commands control the characteristics of the analyzer s...

Page 795: ...a sweep segment dependent four bit binary value to control four inde pendent output signals at the USER PORT connector lines 16 17 18 19 The output signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can be used to d...

Page 796: ...ifferent segments per channel at the USER PORT connector see example below You can also use the USER PORT output signals as segment dependent trigger signals for external devices Use CONTrol AUXiliary...

Page 797: ...The output signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can be used to differentiate between up to 255 independent analyzer states OUTPut Ch UPORt VALue itself does not change the analyzer state Channel bit de...

Page 798: ...pin 9 B00000011 output signal at pins 8 and 9 B11111111 output signal at pins 8 9 10 11 16 17 18 19 Range B00000000 to B11111111 for setting command 0 to 255 query RST B00000000 0 Example RST OUTP1 UP...

Page 799: ...NT command prompt cmd exe To access the command prompt proceed as follows Create a batch file e g Start_cmd bat containing the command line start cmd exe and store the file to C Winnt system32 Execute...

Page 800: ...this is a message into the file c preferences myapp ini The contents of the file look like MESSAGE Send this is a message Receive Suppose the external program writes the string this is a response to...

Page 801: ...cts the application to be run on the analyzer At present only the general parame ter PROG is available This means that PROGram SELected EXECute can start any program Tip Use this command in order to a...

Page 802: ...average is a noise reduction technique which consists of calculating each measure ment point as an average of the same measurement point over several consecutive sweeps In contrast to the sweep count...

Page 803: ...h AVERage COUNt AverageFactor Defines the number of consecutive sweeps to be combined for the sweep average Factor Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters AverageFactor Sweep average factor Range 1 to 100...

Page 804: ...dth RESolution 804 SENSe Ch BWIDth RESolution 804 SENSe Ch BANDwidth RESolution SELect 805 SENSe Ch BWIDth RESolution SELect 805 SENSe Ch BANDwidth RESolution ResBandw SENSe Ch BWIDth RESolution IF Ba...

Page 805: ...CDATa commands read or write system error correc tion data SENSe Ch CORRection CDATa ErrorTerm SourcePort LoadPort CorrectionData Writes or reads system error correction data for a specific channel C...

Page 806: ...rt number If the error term is not related to the load port a dummy number can be used e g CORR CDAT REFLTRACK 1 0 CorrectionData Correction data set one complex number per sweep point to be transferr...

Page 807: ...ELect 810 SENSe CORRection CKIT StandardType 811 SENSe CORRection CKIT CATalog ConnectorType Returns a list of all cal kits for a given connector type or for all connector types Query parameters Conne...

Page 808: ...ee Cal kit naming conventions under SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnType LSELect KitLabel String parameter containing the label of the calibration kit usu ally the serial number Setting parameters arg3 DELa...

Page 809: ...m the default cal kit directory CORR CKIT SEL N 50 Ohm New Kit 1 Assign the imported kit to the N 50 connector type assuming that the cal kit name stored in New Kit 1 calkit reads New Kit 1 Manual ope...

Page 810: ...ling Port1 Port2 Optional port restriction one port number for one port standards two port numbers for two port standards Usage Query only SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnType SELect CalKitName Selects the...

Page 811: ...t2 SENSe CORRection CKIT StandardType ConnType CalKitName Port1 Port2 Defines the parameters of a possibly non ideal 1 port or 2 port calibration standard StandardType within a particular cal kit Depe...

Page 812: ...CKIT FOP N 50 Ohm New Kit 1 0 4000000000 0 0 50 99 2 3 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 Define the properties of the Open f standard for a N 50 con nector type in cal kit New Kit 1 CORR CKIT FOP N 50 Ohm Query the pro...

Page 813: ...Name of the calibration kit Use SENSe CORRection CKIT CATalog to query cal kit names String parameter CalKitLabel Label e g the serial number of the calibration kit for WLABel com mand only String pa...

Page 814: ...rs Port restrictions are indicated in brackets Table 10 15 Standard types and their parameters std_type Maning MOPen FOPen Open male m or female f MSHort FSHort Short m or f OSHort 1 2 3 MOSHort 1 2 3...

Page 815: ...CORRection CONNection CATalog Usage Query only SENSe CORRection CKIT LDELete CalKitName KitLabel Deletes an imported or user defined cal kit which is identified by its cal kit name and label Note It...

Page 816: ...al kit to the cal kit file New Kit 1 2012 05 25 calkit CORR CKIT LDEL New Kit 1 2012 05 25 Delete the kit from the internal memory MMEMory LOAD CKIT C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz Vna Calibrat...

Page 817: ...it Example See SENSe Ch CORRection CONNection CATalog Usage Query only SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnType LSELect CalKitName Label Selects the calibration kit to be used for a specified connector type Con...

Page 818: ...2 SENSe CORRection CKIT StandardType WLABel ConnType CalKitName CalKitLabel Port1 Port2 Defines the parameters of a non ideal 1 port or 2 port calibration standard StandardType where a particular cal...

Page 819: ...data for a particular 2 port cal kit standard previously loaded from Touchstone file using MMEMory LOAD CKIT SDATa or MMEMory LOAD CKIT SDATa WLABel The cal kit is identified by its name and label Que...

Page 820: ...CONNection GENDers 836 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection PORTs 837 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CSETup 837 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect DELete 838 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect DISCard 838 SENSe Ch C...

Page 821: ...anonical assignment of cal unit ports to test ports cal unit port 1 assigned to test port 1 cal unit port 2 assigned to test port 2 etc The new command SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PORTs allows...

Page 822: ...erization Setting parameters Password Password string parameter as defined in manual control Example SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PASSword My_password Enter a password My_password assuming that...

Page 823: ...tion See Test Port Assignment on page 464 SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PORTs ADD Characterization TestPort1 CalUnitPort1 TestPort2 Extends or modifies an existing characterization of the active...

Page 824: ...ns the assignment between the physical analyzer ports and the ports of the con nected automatic calibration unit Example CORR COLL AUTO PORT 1 2 Perform an automatic 1 port calibration at analyzer por...

Page 825: ...448 SENSe CORRection COLLect CHANnels MCTYpes Boolean Toggles the Multiple Calibration TYpes mode that allows calibrate a subset of the avail able channels using channel specific ports and calibratio...

Page 826: ...channel 1 then connect the Open standard to port 2 SENSe2 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected OPEN 2 Acquire calibration data for channel 2 then connect the Short standard to port 2 SENSe1 CORRection...

Page 827: ...rameters Boolean 1 Auto Length and Loss depending on the last SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIXTure LMParameter LOSS STATe setting 0 Direct Compensation RST 1 Example See SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIX...

Page 828: ...ispersion DelayTimePhase Starts the acquisition of measurement data for the selected standard and port s The standards are reflection or transmission standards and can be connected to arbitrary analyz...

Page 829: ...second test port For reflection measurements with an adapter connected between port and standard set it to ON Otherwise set it to OFF or simply omit it Dispersion Optional status parameter for UTHRou...

Page 830: ...TestPort TestPort Selects and initiates an automatic calibration for the specified test ports using a single auto detected port assignment Tip If the test setup contains a high attenuation the analyze...

Page 831: ...connec ted to each of its ports e g because of a high attenuation in the test setup If auto detection works you can use the simpler command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO If several calibration uni...

Page 832: ...s ports e g because of a high attenuation in the test setup If auto detection works you can use the simpler command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO TYPE Suffix Ch Channel number of the calibrated cha...

Page 833: ...Characterization TestPort1 TestPort2 Selects and initiates an automatic calibration at arbitrary analyzer and cal unit ports This command also selects the calibration type A progress monitor for the...

Page 834: ...an n port automatic calibration n arbi trary not necessarily consecutive port numbers must be speci fied TestPort2 Second test port number of the analyzer Example CORR COLL AUTO TYPE FNPort 1 2 4 Perf...

Page 835: ...Usage Setting only SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CKIT PORT PhyPt Detail Queries the cal kit data assigned to the given port via SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CKIT LOAD or SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CKIT...

Page 836: ...ector type UserConn2 The user defined connector types must be defined before being addressed by SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection PhyPt RST N50FEMALE for all ports Example RST CORR COLL CONN1 N75...

Page 837: ...orts RST ALL Example CORR COLL CONN PORTS SING Select independent connector types at the ports CORR COLL CONN1 N50MALE CONN4 N75FEMALE CONN2 Select independent connector types at ports 1 and 4 The con...

Page 838: ...easure a short standard connected to port 1 and store the measurement results of this standard CORR COLL SAVE SEL CORR COLL DEL ALL Calculate the system error correction data and apply it to the activ...

Page 839: ...ted with an open standard and at port 4 terminated with a short CORR COLL FIXT SAVE Save and apply the compensation data CORR COLL FIXT STAR Prepare a new fixture compensation measurement deleting the...

Page 840: ...s are standard Trace Files containing reflection param eter traces for the related port s and standard Table 10 16 Direct Compensation data TestPorts File Type 1 s1p 1 csv For 1 port Touchstone files...

Page 841: ...xture wizard on page 489 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIXTure SAVE Completes a fixture compensation storing and applying the acquired data Suffix Ch Channel number of the corrected channel Example See...

Page 842: ...l position 20 has been recorded Subsequent calls will start over at position 1 overwriting the previously loaded data Suffix Ch Channel number of the calibrated channel Parameters CalGroupFile String...

Page 843: ...ltiple channels shall be calibrated in parallel use SENSe CORRection COLLect CHANnels ALL ON or SENSe CORRection COLLect CHANnels MCTYpes ON before executing this command For background information se...

Page 844: ...FRTRans Trans Norm Forward Trans Norm Reverse Trans Norm Both Forward Reverse means that the port with the smaller larger port number serves a a drive port OPTPort One Path Two Ports TOSM TOSM SENSe C...

Page 845: ...peration See Apply on page 452 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected DUMMy Calculates the system error correction data from the acquired measurement results SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect ACQuire SEL...

Page 846: ...der SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnType SELect RST N 50 Ohm FEM for all ports Gender MALE FEMale Gender of the connectors The gender designation is not neces sary and ignored for sexless connector types Ex...

Page 847: ...RST Example CORR CONN USERCON TEM GEND 1 00000 50 Define a TEM type connector type named USERCON CORR CONN USERCON Query the properties of the configured connector type CORR CONN DEL USERCON Delete th...

Page 848: ...nce of two commas means that the preceding cal kit has no label assigned CORRection CKIT STANdard CATalog 85032B E Query standards in cal kit named 85032B E Possible response MOP FOP MSH FSH MMMT FMMT...

Page 849: ...he values for STARt STOP POINts SPOWer and STYPe are returned ACAL 1 for automatic calibrations 0 for manual calibrations STARt Start frequency or CW frequency if no frequency sweep is active STOP Sto...

Page 850: ...vailable cals created with a FW version 2 30 Index Not used Example SENSe CORRection DATA PARameter Unrestricted query Result looks like this 100000 8500000000 201 10 LIN SENSe CORRection DATA PARamet...

Page 851: ...number of points source power and the sweep type e g 300000 8000000000 201 0 LIN CORR SST Query the calibration status The analyzer returns CAL OFF because the performed one port calibration is not s...

Page 852: ...SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt DISTance MechLength Defines the offset parameter for test port PhyPt as a mechanical length Suffix Ch Channel number of the offset corrected channel PhyPt Port number...

Page 853: ...6E 009 CORR LOSS2 2 LOSS2 FREQ 1 5 GHz OFFS 3 dB Define the offset loss parameters at port 2 Manual operation See Delay Electrical Length Mech Length on page 485 SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt TIME...

Page 854: ...B to 200 dB Increment 0 001 dB RST 0 dB Default unit dB Example See SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt ELENgth Manual operation See Loss at DC Loss at Freq Freq for Loss on page 491 SENSe Ch CORRection...

Page 855: ...it Hz Example See SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt ELENgth Manual operation See Loss at DC Loss at Freq Freq for Loss on page 491 SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS PhyPt OFFSet OffsetLoss Defines the frequency...

Page 856: ...been reset as well The response is 0 Manual operation See Reset Offsets on page 478 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt COMPensation STATe Boolean Toggles length loss fixture compensation for physical po...

Page 857: ...The response contains 201 fre quency values CORR COLL SEL SHOR 1 Measure a short standard connected to port 1 and store the measurement results of this standard CORR COLL SAVE SEL Calculate the system...

Page 858: ...Manual operation See Driving Mode on page 473 SENSe FREQuency The SENSe commands set frequency related parameters especially the mea surement and display ranges for the different sweep types The freq...

Page 859: ...ency PhyPt CW FIXed Source and receiver frequency are always equal the four commands overwrite each other Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters FixedFreq Fixed stimulus and analyzer frequency RST 1 GHz...

Page 860: ...e to set the sideband SBANd parameter individually for each segment see SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine The SENSe Ch FREQuency SBANd setting is global and not valid for segmented sweeps The two sideband s...

Page 861: ...on See Seg X Axis on page 309 SENSe Ch FREQuency SPAN Span Defines the width span of the measurement and display range for a frequency sweep sweep range The default span equals to the maximum frequenc...

Page 862: ...uency to 10 MHz Manual operation See Start Frequency Stop Frequency Center Frequency Span Frequency on page 289 Note If the start frequency entered is greater than the current stop frequency the stop...

Page 863: ...specify the complex common mode and differential mode reference impedances for the balanced logical port numbered LogPt Use SENSe Ch LPORt LogPt ZDEFault STATe to toggle between config ured and defau...

Page 864: ...nnel number LogPt Logical port number Parameters arg0 ON 1 Use default impedance s OFF 0 Use the redefined impedances defined via SENSe Ch PORT PhyPt ZREFerence for single ended or via SENSe Ch LPORt...

Page 865: ...wer waves theory Manual operation See Single Ended Mode Common Mode Differential Mode on page 370 SENSe POWer The SENSe POWer commands configure the optional receiver step attenuators see Chapter 8 7...

Page 866: ...Dth RESolution SELect 869 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution SELect CONTrol 870 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine 870 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine SELect 872 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DELete ALL 872 SENSe Ch...

Page 867: ...p segment Seg RST ON Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings SEGM OFF Disable the measurement in the created sweep segment Manual operation See Table Co...

Page 868: ...nds up any entered value between these steps and rounds down values exceeding the maximum bandwidth At the same time the command activates separate bandwidth setting in all sweep seg ments SENSe Ch SE...

Page 869: ...t no 1 to the initial value Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 314 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution SELect Selectivity Defines the Selectivity of the IF filter used in sweep segment n...

Page 870: ...no 1 using default settings and thus NORMal selectivity SEGM BWID SEL HIGH Change the selectivity to HIGH BWID SEL Query the default selectivity for unsegmented sweeps The response is NORM SEGM BWID S...

Page 871: ...h SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME In the setting SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg INSert SELect DWELl this parameter is replaced by MeasDelay Range Depending on other channel settings AUTO acti vates automatic sweep time...

Page 872: ...no 5 of the command SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine is entered as a segment sweep time Segment Time or as a measurement delay Meas Delay Suffix Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number Parameters TimeRe...

Page 873: ...nnel Suffix Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings SEGM DEL Delete the created segment Manual operation See...

Page 874: ...quency of the created segment The response is 1000000 1500000 Manual operation See Table Columns on page 311 Note If the start frequency entered is greater than the current stop frequency the stop fre...

Page 875: ...eep points in the segment See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep POINts Power Internal source power in the segment See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg POWer LEVel Default unit dBm SegmentTime Duration of the sweep in th...

Page 876: ...quency of the analyzer Manual operation See Add Insert Delete Delete All on page 312 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg INSert SELect TimeRef Defines whether the sweep time of a new segment i e numeric parameter no...

Page 877: ...ernal source power SEGM POW 20 Decrease the power to 20 dBm Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 314 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg POWer LEVel CONTrol Boolean Selects common or independent internal so...

Page 878: ...Seg Sweep segment number Parameters MeasDelay Measurement delay before each partial measurement Changing the delay leaves the number of points unchanged but has an impact on the duration of the sweep...

Page 879: ...thus 0 s meas delay SEGM SWE DWELl 0 1 Increase the meas delay to 0 1 s SEGM SWE DWELl CONT OFF Couple the meas delay in all segments and reset the delay in segment no 1 to the initial value of 0 s Ma...

Page 880: ...s Changing the duration leaves the number of points unchanged but directly affects the delay Range Minimum value to 1000 s RST Minimum value depending on the channel settings This default value corre...

Page 881: ...ple the sweep times in all segments and reset the sweep time in segment no 1 to the initial value Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 314 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME SUM Returns the tota...

Page 882: ...weeps on page 320 SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt Sweep Defines the number of sweeps to be measured in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuousOFF and in channel no Ch Use SENSe SWEep COUNt ALL to define the swe...

Page 883: ...imes the total number of sweep points one partial measurement per sweep point required Manual operation See Meas Delay on page 304 SENSe Ch SWEep DWELl IPOint InsertionPoints Defines whether the measu...

Page 884: ...p points in a non segmented linear frequency sweep Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters StepSize Frequency step size The step size is equal to the current sweep spandivided by the number of sweep point...

Page 885: ...Mode SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters SweepDuration Sweep time The minimum sweep time depends on the other channel settings in particular on the number of points SENSe Ch SWEep...

Page 886: ...ep variable frequency time and the position of the sweep points across the sweep range Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Format LINear LOGarithmic CW POINt SEGMent LINear linear frequency sweep at c...

Page 887: ...dex in input port of the DUT drive port of the analyzer is set equal to the selected drive port Drive port selection affects the measured quantity If a wave quantity or a ratio is measured the drive p...

Page 888: ...d frequency applies to all source ports in the active channel Parameters FixedFreq Fixed stimulus and analyzer frequency RST 1 GHz Default unit Hz Example FUNC XTIMe POW A1 Activate a time sweep and s...

Page 889: ...is set to 1 Parameters PhysicalPort Number of first only physical port Range 1 to number of physical ports PhysicalPort Number of second physical port optional forming a balanced port with the first...

Page 890: ...efines the set of active logical ports the master group as the continuous range from log_port1 to log_port2 i e logical ports outside this range are disabled In get direction it returns the minimum an...

Page 891: ...red consecutively as for port groups defined via SOURce Ch GROup Grp See SOURce Ch LPORt LogPt on how to define logical ports Suffix Ch Channel number Grp Port group number must be 1 or omitted Parame...

Page 892: ...o 6 dBm Manual operation See Power on page 291 SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt SWEepend MODE SweepEndModes Selects the power mode at sweep end This is a global setting Suffix Ch Channel number This suffix is ig...

Page 893: ...r this purpose STATus PRESet 894 STATus QUEStionable EVENt 894 STATus QUEStionable INTegrity EVENt 894 STATus QUEStionable INTegrity HARDware EVENt 894 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Lev EVENt 894 STATus Q...

Page 894: ...ionable INTegrity HARDware EVENt STATus QUEStionable LIMit Lev EVENt These commands return the contents of the EVENt parts of the QUEStionable QUEStionable INTegrity QUEStionable INTegrity HARDware an...

Page 895: ...tatus Reporting System on page 579 Suffix Lev Selects one of the two QUEStionable LIMit registers see STATus QUEStionable LIMit 1 2 on page 574 Parameters BitPattern Range 0 to 65535 decimal represent...

Page 896: ...IM2 PTR 6 Set bits no 1 and 2 of the QUEStionable LIMit2 PTRansition register STATus QUEue NEXT Queries and at the same time deletes the oldest entry in the error queue Operation is identical to that...

Page 897: ...ration standard to one or two ports of the active calibration unit see SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess Setting parameters CalStandard THRough OPEN SHORt MATCh Connected one or two port standar...

Page 898: ...s added see WAI on page 509 i e the commands execute synchronously Parameters Boolean RST OFF Manual operation See Remote Settings Wait for Data after Sweep on page 150 SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF LP...

Page 899: ...ibration at test ports 1 2 and 4 using the calibration unit s default calibration kit file and arbitrary test ports of the cal unit Manual operation See Cal Unit on page 442 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice...

Page 900: ...e port assignment of the factory calibration SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL CKIT STANdard CATalog Factory Query the standards of the factory calibration Possible response MOP P1 MSH P1 MMMT P1 MOP P2...

Page 901: ...unit Example See SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL CKIT CATalog Usage Query only Manual operation See Characterization on page 442 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL FRANge CalKitName Queries the frequency...

Page 902: ...Manual operation See Characterization on page 442 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL PREDuction STATe Boolean Enables or disables automatic power reduction at all test ports while an automatic cali brat...

Page 903: ...T SDATa SecondPort Second port number for two port standards Port numbers can be omitted if the cal kit data is valid for all ports Example See SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL CKIT CATalog Usage Query...

Page 904: ...ocks in lumped de embedding networks Parameters Boolean ON display conductances OFF display capacitaces Manual operation See Conductance in Embedding Networks on page 148 SYSTem FREQuency MinMax Queri...

Page 905: ...ed during a user defined preset The corresponding cal group file PresetUserCal cal must be available in the cal pool directory C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Data Parameters Pr...

Page 906: ...when the continuous sweep mode is activated INITiate Ch CONTinuousON Setting parameters Activate ONCE Causes an immediate update of the settings Example INIT CONT OFF Activate single sweep mode SYST...

Page 907: ...ATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 Memory trace named Mem n Trc m The trace name is unique because n counts all data and memory traces in the active setup TRACe CLEar TRACe COPY TRACe DATA STIMulus ALL TRACe D...

Page 908: ...ata trace in channels Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Example RST SWE POIN 20 Create a trace with 20 sweep points making the created trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mnemonic SENSe1 TRAC COPY Mem_...

Page 909: ...trace with 20 sweep points making the created trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mnemonic SENSe1 CALC MATH SDEF Trc1 2 CALC MATH STAT ON Define a mathematical trace dividing the data...

Page 910: ...time of 10 ms Manual operation See Delay on page 317 TRIGger Ch SEQuence LINK MeasSequence Selects the triggered measurement sequence The identifier for the sequence is a string variable Suffix Ch Cha...

Page 911: ...er Ch SEQuence LINK DelayTime Delay time Range 0 s to 13680 s Increment 10 ms RST 0 s Default unit s Example See TRIGger Ch SEQuence MULTiple SOURce Manual operation See Source on page 319 TRIGger Ch...

Page 912: ...IMMediate Free run measurement untriggered EXT1 Trigger event at Trigger In or Pin 2 of Aux Port The latter requires option R S FPL1 B5 R S ZNL only EXT2 Trigger event at pin 25 of Aux Port Requires...

Page 913: ...318 TRIGger Ch SEQuence SOURce TrigSource Selects the source of the trigger events that the analyzer uses to start a measurement sequence Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters TrigSource IMMediate EXTe...

Page 914: ...on SELect 920 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk MAXimum 920 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk MINimum 920 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch LEFT 921 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch NEXT 921 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch RIG...

Page 915: ...the limit line TLIN and TLOG select time units PLIN PLOG and PSINgle select power units RST FLIN Default unit Hz for FLIN FLOG FSEG FSINGle s for TLIN TLOG dBm for PLIN PLOG PSINgle Example SWE TYPE...

Page 916: ...PHASe REAL IMAGinary SWR GDELay L C Keyword for the physical unit of the response values The parameters form four groups COMPlex REAL IMAGinary and SWR select dimensionless numbers U for the limit lin...

Page 917: ...tion CALC LIM UPP 0 5 5 0 Change the response values of the upper limit line segments CALC LIM LOW STAT ON CALC LIM UPP STAT ON CALC LIM FAIL Switch the limit check on and query the result Manual oper...

Page 918: ...ce number 2 Usage Setting only The measurement parameter is selected by means of the following keywords the selection depends on the number of test ports of the analyzer e g S44 is not available on 2...

Page 919: ...Ker Mk FUNCtion DELTa STATe Boolean Switches the delta mode for marker Mk on trace no Chn on or off Note This command is the ZVR compatible equivalent of CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk DELTa STATe Suffix Chn...

Page 920: ...late Ch MARKer Mk SEARch CALCulate Ch MARKer Mk MAXimum or CALCulate Ch MARKer Mk MINimum functions also select the search mode Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker nu...

Page 921: ...UNCtion SELect The marker must be created before using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk STATe ON Note Together with CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion SELect this command is the ZVR compatible equivalent of CALC...

Page 922: ...service function mainly for internal use Service functions are identified by groups of numbers separated by dots Parameters SFId1 SFId2 Service function identifier entered as a pseudo numeric value th...

Page 923: ...Example CONF CHAN2 STAT ON INST CHANnel2 Create channel no 2 and select it as the active channel OUTPut Chn DPORt Port Selects a source port for the stimulus signal drive port The setting acts on the...

Page 924: ...type SMA Note This command only supports ZVR compatible connector types For general definitions use SENSe CORRection CKIT StandardType StandardType Standard type For reflection standards the first cha...

Page 925: ...ly created R S ZVR cal kit file ZCAN ck from the default cal kit directory MMEM STOR CKIT ZCAN C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz Vna Calibration Kits ZCAN calkit Store the imported cal kit data t...

Page 926: ...umber denotes the number of the standard 1 to 3 RST ON Dispersion Optional status parameter for UTHRough standard OFF unknown through standard is non dispersive ON unknown through standard is dispersi...

Page 927: ...roduce any systematic errors none of the measurement results acquired previously SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect ACQuire is taken into account Tip The main purpose of the default correction data set is to...

Page 928: ...mode Usage Event SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE DUMMy Calculates the system error correction data from the acquired one or two port mea surement results SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect ACQuire stores th...

Page 929: ...tion COLLect SAVE DEFault G and H matrices The 7 term calibration types named Txx e g TOM TSM TRM TRL TNA are based on a network analyzer with two ports i and j each equipped with a test receiver and...

Page 930: ...load match at port 1 SCORR12 reverse transmission tracking between port 2 and port 1 G11 G22 G matrix elements see above H22 H matrix elements see above The error terms are dimensionless complex numbe...

Page 931: ...lete set of loss offset parameters SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt MAGNitude is equivalent to SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS PhyPt OFFSet Suffix Ch Channel number of the offset corrected channel PhyPt Port...

Page 932: ...eg Sweep segment number This suffix is ignored the command is instrument specific Parameters Boolean ON OFF No effect RST ON If used as a query the command returns the information that overlapping swe...

Page 933: ...s SweepType Single string parameter defining the sweep type and the param eter to be measured string sweep_type parameter Range See list of strings below RST XFR POW S21 arg1 B1 B2 A1 A2 ABSa1 ABSa2 D...

Page 934: ...Lev Stability factor K Stability factors 1 or 2 VOLTage DC DCIN1 DCIN2 Output DC 1 V DC 10 V DC Input 1 or 2 Note The mnemonics POWer and VOLTage are not used in output strings TRACe CLEar MemTrace D...

Page 935: ...DEFine Example SWE POIN 20 Create a trace with 20 sweep points making the created trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mnemonic SENSe1 CALC FORM MLIN FORM ASCII FORM DEXP SOUR FDAT Sel...

Page 936: ...rol features of the VNA mode refer to Chapter 10 4 VNA Remote Control Basics on page 561 10 6 1 Basic Tasks This section presents detailed examples for programming tasks that almost every user will en...

Page 937: ...NTinuous OFF SENSe1 SWEep POINts 2 Avoid a delay time between different partial measurements and before the start of the sweeps is default setting SENSe1 SWEep TIME AUTO ON TRIGger1 SEQuence SOURce IM...

Page 938: ...he output queue when the sweep is terminated An appropriate condition in the remote control program must cause the controller to wait until OPC returns one The controller is stopped from the moment wh...

Page 939: ...e CALCulate Chn DATA NSWeep FIRSt to retrieve a particular trace within a group of sweeps 10 6 1 2 Channel Trace and Diagram Handling The following examples show you how to perform basic tasks related...

Page 940: ...sign the format Phase and display the new trace in the same diagram the trace becomes the active trace but is not displayed CALCulate1 PARameter SDEFine Trc2 S21 the trace is referenced by the channel...

Page 941: ...in two diagrams Important remote control features for this program example The following command sequence illustrates the structure of the remote commands discussed in section Basic Remote Control Co...

Page 942: ...second diagram and display traces DISPlay WINDow2 STATe ON DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe2 FEED Admittance_trace DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe3 FEED Y_trace DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe1 FEED Impedance_trace DISPlay WINDow2...

Page 943: ...h transition between remote and manual control 1 Create one channel two traces one diagram Reset the instrument creating the default trace Trc1 in channel 1 The default measured quantity is the forwar...

Page 944: ...e1 MARKer1 FUNCtion EXECute MIN RES Check the result on the local screen Go to local SYSTem DISPlay UPDate ONCE Use the CALCulate Chn DATA commands to retrieve the complete trace see Retrieving Measur...

Page 945: ...context sensitivity of the help system on your network analyzer or the index 2 Activate the link to the command description 3 A short example appears at the end of each command description 10 6 2 1 P...

Page 946: ...Reset the analyzer RST Create a new trace for S21 with the name TrcDisp CALCULATE1 PARAMETER SDEFINE TrcDisp S21 Display the trace in the display area 1 DISPLAY WINDOW1 TRACE9 FEED TrcDisp DISPLAY WIN...

Page 947: ...2 DISPLAY WINDOW2 TRACE2 FEED Trc1 DISPLAY WINDOW2 TRACE3 FEED Ch4Trc3 Create traces trace names are not case sensitive CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT Ch4Trc2 CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT CALCULATE4 PARAM...

Page 948: ...ACE COPY MDATA6 CH1DATA DISPLAY WINDOW1 TRACE6 FEED Mem6 Trc2 Create new diagram 2 and new channel and trace DISPLAY WINDOW2 STATE ON CALCULATE2 PARAMETER SDEFINE Ch2Trc1 S22 CALCULATE2 PARAMETER SELE...

Page 949: ...t shows how to define mathematical relations between traces Reset the analyzer RST Create memory trace on active trace of channel 1 assign the memory trace to a diagram CALCULATE1 MATH MEMORIZE DISPLA...

Page 950: ...2 1 1 CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE tRC1 e Pi STIMVAL sin 1 Min TRC1 Trc1 Imaginary unit j sqrt 1 j is no ordinary operand 1j not 1 j magnitude 1 phase 60 degrees CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE 1 3 1 2 1j 2 CALCUL...

Page 951: ...MEDIATE SCOPE ALL SENSE SWEEP COUNT 4 INITIATE IMMEDIATE WAI Calculate statistical results also possible if info field is switched off CALCULATE1 STATISTICS RESULT MEAN CALCulate1 STATistics RESult EL...

Page 952: ...FUNCtion BWIDth MODE BSTop CALCulate1 MARKer FUNCtion BWIDth MODE BST INITiate WAI CALCulate1 MARKer FUNCtion EXECute BFILter CALCulate1 MARKer AOFF Bandstop search ref to marker CALCulate1 MARKer1 S...

Page 953: ...0 0 50 DISPlay LAYout APPLy 2 Check the executable formats of the generated layouts DISPlay LAYout DEFine 1 1 1 0 00 0 00 1 2 1 00 1 00 0 30 1 00 0 70 1 00 DISPlay LAYout DEFine 2 1 1 0 00 0 00 2 1 1...

Page 954: ...a vertical layout DISPlay LAYout DEFine 3 VERT 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 5 0 5 DISPlay LAYout APPLy 3 DISPlay LAYout EXECute 1 2 0 00 0 00 1 1 0 3 1 00 1 00 1 0 2 1 0 7 1 00 1 00 0 5 1 00 0 5 10 6 2 3 Using Marke...

Page 955: ...ATE1 MARKER2 ON CALCULATE1 MARKER2 X 2GHZ CALCULATE1 MARKER3 ON CALCULATE1 MARKER3 X 3GHZ CALCULATE1 MARKER4 DELTA STATE ON CALCULATE1 MARKER REFERENCE ON CALCULATE1 MARKER REFERENCE X 5GHZ CALCULATE1...

Page 956: ...udes the stimulus range CALCULATE1 MARKER1 FUNCTION DOMAIN USER 2 CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion DOMain USER START 0 8GHZ CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion DOMain USER STOP 2 2GHZ Use range 0 stimulus range of...

Page 957: ...p COUNt sweeps and then read any of the data traces acquired This feature has no equivalent in manual control where always the last data trace is displayed Reset the analyzer RST Create a second and t...

Page 958: ...m as memory trace TRACe COPY LastExtr Trc1 Display this last extremum trace Because it s a memory trace it must be displayed in the same diagram as the mother trace DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe2 FEED LastExt...

Page 959: ...el 2 Adjust the number of sweep points CALCULATE2 PARAMETER SELECT Trc2 SENSE1 SWEEP POINTS 3 SENSE2 SWEEP POINTS 4 Set sweep time and sweep count for the channels 3 traces per single sweep in channel...

Page 960: ...yzer RST SENSe1 CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine Test TOSM 1 2 3 4 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected DEFault Initiate a complete sweep INITiate1 CONTinuous OFF INITiate IMMediate WAI MMEMory STO...

Page 961: ...TOSM 1 2 Measure Standards SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected THROUGH 1 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected OPEN 1 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected SHORT 1 SENSe1 CORRectio...

Page 962: ...ACQuire SELected OPEN 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected SHORT 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected MATCH 2 Apply calibration SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected Save error term...

Page 963: ...ON In the previous section the following error terms were saved SCORR1 Forward Directivity SCORR2 Forward Source Match SCORR3 Forward Reflection Tracking SCORR4 Forward Isolation SCORR5 Forward Load M...

Page 964: ...ulate1 DATA SCORR6 scorr6 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR7 scorr7 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR8 scorr8 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR9 scorr9 dat We are omitting the isolation term as it is not implemented on the Z...

Page 965: ...e SELected SHORT 2 OFF SENSE1 CORRECTION COLLECT ACQuire SELected MATCh 2 OFF continue with Calkit 1 e g N 50 Ohm ideal Kit adapter side port 2 SENSE1 CORRECTION COLLECT ACQuire SELected OPEN 2 ON SEN...

Page 966: ...rs cause the instrument to be switched off to avoid damage Hardware errors with possible causes and remedies are listed in the following sections Exceptions indicate anomalous or exceptional events th...

Page 967: ...check fre quency and level of the supplied ref erence signal 1 Converter clock fre quency lock failure The clock generator for the AD converter clock is phase locked to the reference oscillator The me...

Page 968: ...ient for you to detect the cause of an error and find a remedy In addition our customer support centers are there to assist you in solving any prob lems that you may encounter with your R S ZNL ZNLE W...

Page 969: ...st_model _ serial no _ date_and_time zip For example C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer ZNL user ZNL3__20160803_145113 zip To create Windows event log files 1 Select the Windows Sta...

Page 970: ...Packing and transporting the instrument If the instrument needs to be transported or shipped observe the notes described in Chapter 5 1 1 1 Unpacking and Checking the Instrument on page 21 Collecting...

Page 971: ...changes Hence you need administrator rights to install or unin stall a firmware How to uninstall the current firmware 1 Close the running firmware application a Press the Windows system key to display...

Page 972: ...select Factory Default Restore 2 Wait for the reimaging process to complete 3 Reboot the instrument After the restore upgrade to the desired firmware version see Chapter 7 3 4 4 Firm ware Updates on p...

Page 973: ...CH_BIT1 O Channel bit 1 10 UC_CH_BIT2 O Channel bit 2 11 UC_CH_BIT3 O Channel bit 3 12 AGND Ground 13 UC_PASS1 O Pass fail result of limit check 1 TTL Out Pass 1 see TTL1 Pass TTL2 Pass 14 UC_PASS2 O...

Page 974: ...lded cables or disconnect the input pins of the Aux Port connec tor to avoid spurious input signals which may cause undesirable events This is of particular importance for the external trigger input p...

Page 975: ...send a ser vice request to the controller REN Remote Enable active LOW permits switchover to remote control EOI End or Identify has two functions in connection with ATN ATN HIGH active LOW marks the...

Page 976: ...lity DT1 Trigger function Device Trigger full capability 12 3 2 2 Interface Messages Interface messages are transmitted to the instrument on the data lines with the atten tion line being active LOW Th...

Page 977: ...C device data Configures the instrument for parallel poll Additionally the QuickBASIC command executes PPE PPD SDC Selected Device Clear IBCLR device Aborts the processing of the commands just receive...

Page 978: ...he instrument is operated in dusty areas the fans become obstructed by dust or other particles over time Check and clean the fans regularly to ensure that they always operate properly If the instrumen...

Page 979: ...been selected as the active trace CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect trace name Many commands e g TRACE act on the active trace It can be different from the active trace in manual control C Cal pool The ca...

Page 980: ...of a calibration CW frequency Continuous Wave frequency fixed stimulus frequency used in Power CW Time and CW Mode sweeps D Data trace Trace filled with measurement data and updated after each sweep...

Page 981: ...ansforms I Intercept point Fictitious lower tone DUT input output level where the intermodulation suppression for a given intermodulation product reaches 0 dB Intermodulation measurement Measurement w...

Page 982: ...s and the data or memory traces of the active channel setup Measurement point Result of the measurement at a specified stimulus value fre quency power time Measurement result Set of all measurement po...

Page 983: ...ied sequence of stimu lus values series of consecutive measurement points Sweep point Value of the sweep variable stimulus value frequency power time where a measurement is taken Sweep range Continuou...

Page 984: ...ctly known Especially useful for DUTs in planar line technology TRM A calibration type which requires a low reflection low loss Through standard with an electrical length that may be different from ze...

Page 985: ...Se CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PASSword 822 SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PORTs 822 SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PORTs ADD 823 SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs CONNection 824 SENSe CORR...

Page 986: ...ORRection COLLect SAVE SELected DUMMy 845 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE DUMMy 928 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SCONnection PhyPt 846 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect ACQuire 925 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLe...

Page 987: ...Ch SEGMent Seg CLEar 932 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine 870 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine SELect 872 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DELete ALL 872 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DELete DUMMy 873 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuenc...

Page 988: ...CALCulate MARKer COUPled TYPE 617 CALCulate MARKer COUPled STATe 617 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion BWIDth GMCenter 618 CALCulate PARameter DELete ALL 645 CALCulate PARameter DELete MEMory 645 CALCulate R...

Page 989: ...01 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters L Cmp 702 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters R Cmp 702 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETwork...

Page 990: ...g PhyPt PARameters C Cmp 725 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters DATA 728 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters G Cmp 726 CALCulate Ch TRANs...

Page 991: ...t 613 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg STIMulus STOP 613 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg TYPE 614 CALCulate Chn LIMit SOUNd STATe 614 CALCulate Chn LIMit STATe 615 CALCulate Chn LIMit STATe AREA 615 CA...

Page 992: ...Chn MARKer Mk REFerence X 633 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence Y 634 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence STATe 631 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch FORMat 635 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch LEFT 921 CAL...

Page 993: ...s RMS STATe 667 CALCulate Chn STATistics SFLatness STATe 667 CALCulate Chn STATistics STATe 663 CALCulate Chn STATistics STATe AREA 664 CALCulate Chn TRANsform COMPlex 668 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFa...

Page 994: ...e Trc CHANnel NAME 734 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME 735 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME ID 735 CONFigure TRACe Trc REName 735 CONTrol AUXiliary C DATA 736 DIAGnostic DUMP SIZE 738 DIAGnostic SERVice BIOSinfo 557...

Page 995: ...ATA 743 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TITLe STATe 743 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr CATalog 743 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr DELete 744 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr EFEed 744 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr...

Page 996: ...HCOPy TDSTamp STATe device 538 HCOPy IMMediate device 533 HCOPy IMMediate device NEXT 533 INITiate CONTinuous ALL 760 INITiate SEQuencer ABORt 514 INITiate SEQuencer IMMediate 515 INITiate SEQuencer M...

Page 997: ...ALanced EMBedding LogPt 779 MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt 780 MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch GLOop DEEMbedding 781 MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch GLOop EMBedding 781 MMEMory LOAD VNETwo...

Page 998: ...ce Ch LPORt LogPt CLEar 889 SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt SWEepend MODE 892 SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt SWEepend SDELay 893 SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt LEVel IMMediate AMPLitude 892 SOURce si TEMPerature FRONtend 547 STA...

Page 999: ...99 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL CKIT STANdard CATalog 900 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL DATE 901 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL FRANge 901 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL PORTs 902 SYSTem COMMun...

Page 1000: ...TTings UPDate 905 SYSTem SHUTdown 511 SYSTem TIME 906 TRACe CLEar 934 TRACe COPY 907 TRACe COPY MATH 908 TRACe DATA STIMulus ALL 935 TRACe DATA RESPonse ALL 935 TRIGger Ch SEQuence HOLDoff 910 TRIGger...

Page 1001: ...t 145 Auto Scale Diagram 295 Auto Scale Trace 295 Automatic calibration 254 Automatic Harmonic Grid 339 Automatic login mechanism Activating Deactivating 178 Aux Port 972 Connector 54 Average 301 Aver...

Page 1002: ...Calibration Setting wizard 446 Apply 452 Cal Kit 450 Calibration 450 Connectors and Cal Kits 448 Ports and Type 447 Calibration standard 247 Calibration types 243 Calibration unit 254 Calibration Unit...

Page 1003: ...ey 97 Continuous sweep 320 Control bus 975 Control lines GPIB bus 974 Conventions SCPI commands 505 Copying Channel Setup remote 511 Couple Active Trace 297 Couple All Traces 297 CW Frequency 290 CW M...

Page 1004: ...server IP Address 173 LAN configuration 40 Dolph Chebyshev Side Lobe Level 337 Driving Mode Alternated 473 Auto 473 Chopped 473 Duplicating Channel Setup remote 511 DVI Connector 53 E Electrical Lengt...

Page 1005: ...tings 189 GPIB 152 Address 162 176 Characteristics 157 interface messages 157 Settings 161 Terminator 163 GPIB bus control Remote 508 GPIB bus interface 974 GPIB interface Configuring see User Manual...

Page 1006: ...ard 459 One Port Standards 459 Read s1p File 460 Read s2p File 460 Two Port Standards 459 View Modify standard 459 L LAN Configuration 35 Configuring 174 Connector 53 Interface 152 IP address 153 Remo...

Page 1007: ...All Off 417 Coupled Markers 418 423 Export 420 Ref Mkr 417 Trying out 73 Max softkey trace scale 296 Max Marker 421 Meas S Params 363 Meas Delay 304 Meas softtool 363 Ratios tab 371 S Params tab 363 S...

Page 1008: ...set Embed softtool 476 Balanced tab 497 Differential Match tab 501 Ground Loop tab 499 Offset tab 484 One Way Loss tab 490 Port Sets tab 494 Single Ended tab 492 Offset parameters 260 application 264...

Page 1009: ...335 340 R S ZNL K3 Distance to Fault 342 R S ZNL3 B22 284 R S ZNL3 6 B3x 284 R S ZNL6 B22 284 R S ZNLE B19 283 R S ZNLE K3 Distance to Fault 342 R S ZV Zxx 254 R S ZVR compatible commands 914 Rackmou...

Page 1010: ...on register 573 STATus QUEStionable register 573 STATus QUEStionable INTegrity 575 STATus QUEStionable LIMit 574 Structure 567 Screen elements 195 Screenshots Printing 115 120 Saving 115 120 Trying ou...

Page 1011: ...Startup Recall 107 Startup Recall On Off 108 Softtools 79 Source Calibration 448 Source Port 373 376 SPAN 194 Span Marker 421 Span Frequency 289 SPD 158 976 SPE 158 976 Spectrograms Trying out 71 Spe...

Page 1012: ...ent setting 124 Setting 42 Time Center 292 Time Domain 336 Time domain analysis 335 340 Option R S ZNL K2 275 Time Domain Transform 275 Time domain transformation Impulse Response 337 Type 336 Time Do...

Page 1013: ...sal command 976 Unwr Phase 385 Update Path Remote control 559 Update rate Display 124 Updating Firmware 136 Upper edge bandfilter 204 Upper limit 231 Upper lower case remote control 581 USB Connector...

Page 1014: ...379 Y S22 softkey 379 Y11 softkey 380 Y12 softkey 380 Y21 softkey 380 Y22 softkey 380 Z Z softkey 377 Z parameter 220 Z parameters 379 Z S11 softkey 377 Z S12 softkey 377 Z S21 softkey 377 Z S22 softk...

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